![]() ![]() And, in pure whodunit fashion, the script and the film both find a way to feed us biases against each of them before the first scene even starts.īased on the novel of the same name by Agatha Christie ![]() For the audience, as for famed Detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), everyone’s a suspect. Like most Agatha Christie adaptations, 1982’s Evil Under the Sun has a large ensemble cast, where every character plays a major role in the case. to name but a few.Īnd when her work started to inevitably get cinematic adaptations, with them came a pool of dramatic flair for actors to dive into. In her novels she perfected the character archetypes for these stories: the charismatic millionaire, the begrudging femme fatale, the quiet foreign girl, the ambitious older lad. Watching one person inevitably emerge a criminal from a large group of eccentric and enigmatic characters.Īgatha Christie is still the undeniable queen of the genre. Clues woven cleverly through a narrative, the slow reveal of hidden motivations, the buildup to a clean and logical resolution. There are few things that give me more comfort in life than murder mysteries. In anticipation of the release of Murder on the Orient Express this weekend, Jorge Molina takes a look at a lesser known Agatha Christie adaptation to see how a mystery can introduce its suspects before it even begins. ![]()
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