#murder on the orient express (1974)

[gael-garcia]

Lauren Bacall in Murder on the Orient Express (1974, Sidney Lumet)

[bellasbookclub]

murder? on MY Orient Express? it's more likely than you think 🔪❄️🚂

Detectober may be over, but here at BBC we're failing No Stab November with a showing of Murder on the Orient Express (1974)! It's got Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave...seriously, this train is PACKED with the greats. See you this Saturday, November 9th, on our Discord at 8:30 PM EST (11:30 AM AEST Sunday for Aussies) to find out which character (and country) is the stabbiest!

lurkers and new folks always welcome! 🎥 🍿

Bella’s Book Club is an interactive virtual book club created by the Three Books One Plot podcast. Our monthly discord discussions are open to all! More info here.

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Brown Redux

Murder on the Orient Express / Vanessa Redgrave as Mary Debenham

This patterned dress is a bit busy when paired with the equally boldly patterned coat and scarf. The bronzey brown goes well with her red hair, though.

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Count and Countess Andrenyi are couple goals. Get you a man who will commit murder with you and for you in revenge for your dead family.

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[whitewaterpaper]

Några äkta klassiska filmer på månadens lista, och som vanligt en den klassiker som flyttat till tuben på gamla dagar.

Alla Helgons Blodiga Natt / Halloween (1978) [👍] Klassisk skräckis som förtjänar sin klassikerstatus. Kommer troligtvis inte se några av uppföljarna dock (det var heller inte avsikten med att se den).

Den 27e dagen / 27th Day, the (1957) [👍🆓] Intressant brittisk SF som överraskar.

Djävulsflickan från Mars / Devil Girl from Mars (1954) [👎🆓] Patricia Laffan gör en storartad Garboisk insats i en film med en relativt löjlig premiss.

Mordet på Orientexpressen / Murder on the Orient Express (1974) [_] Albert Finney gör erkännes den märkligaste tolkningen av Poirot jag sett. Agatha Christie får säga vad hon vill om den, jag säger den ligger över filmen som en våt stickig filt.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) [_] Inte fullt så dålig som jag tippade på förhand, men kämpar för att försöka ta sig över ribban för "hjärndött våld". Svårt att se den här utan att få en viss respekt för Paul W.S. Andersons prestation 2002.

Rymdinvasion i Lappland (1959) [👍] Kommer jag någonsin hitta en genuint bra svensk "se om"-film i färg*? Troligtvis inte --

Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) [_] Kuligt Disney-äventyr som kanske inte håller spec:arna för politiskt korrekt idag.

Uncharted (2022) [👍] Röjjigt actionäventyr av den moderna skolan. Helt klart värd att ses, och skulle inte ha något emot en uppföljare.

Vulcan, Son of Jupiter / Vulcano, figlio di Giove (1962) [🆓] Spretig.

Warlords of Atlantis (1978) [🆓] Den vite brittiske gentlemannen hittar Atlantis, har åsikter och anser sig givetvis vara dem som har rätt.

Så, vad skall @kulturdasset och alla porrbottar som följer mig ta med sig till tv:n från denna månads lista? Låt mig slå ett slag för Rymdinvasion i Lappland som jag måste erkänna var över alla förväntningar.

*) Givetvis är Göta Kanal och Sällskapsresan undantagna: jag är inte någon psykopat.

[living400lbs]

Glad the 1974 Murder On The Orient Express movie kept the book's ending: "Here are two options. The murderer was someone unknown who walked out alone. Or, it was every passenger on the train but me. I leave it to the train company representative to decide what to tell the police."

TV Poirot: I don't know if I can lie to the police to protect the murderer of a murderer because it goes against my Catholic faith :/

Movie Poirot: I don't know if I can lie to the police to protect the murderer of a murderer because a lie unbalances the world and balance is very important to me :/

Book Poirot: hell yeah lie to the police lying to the police is good and sexy sometimes the law hurts innocent people so fuck that truth shit I am Hercule Poirot and those dumb fucks will believe everything I tell them, take a fuckin sip babes

[hotvintagepoll]

Oh! I’m the Knives Out anon again. I’ve seen that version of Orient Express (and a few other versions + read the book- I’m a big mystery fiction fan!) but to me it still doesn’t quite scratch the itch that casting an actual vintage Knives Out would! Namely, it’s that that combination of having to think about all those different casting types and having to cast with a particular social commentary in mind (because that certainly effects the casting) means having to be particularly careful about who you’re assembling for the cast (and also picking what topic you’d focus on in your chosen vintage time period would be a big part of it, too). The two things together make it an interestingly different project, to me, then casting Orient Express. And tbh though there are definitely themes of class in most versions of Orient Express- Agatha Christie’s plotwork/structural elements are often so much the focal and selling point of much her work (and their many adaptations) that that doesn’t really feel as essential as it would in a vintage Knives Out. (and also I don’t know that Albert Finney as Poirot really fits the niche I’d be looking for in a Daniel Craig-as-Blanc equivalent so I still think there’s some fun thought experiments to be had there. It’s not so much about the characters themselves being similarly scene chewy/fun or Blanc clearly being a kind of descent of Poirot as a character- for me the most essential part about recasting it is that it’s someone coming right off of a career defining, pop culturally significant, tonally polar opposite role like James Bond was)

this is a good ask and i don't have anything else to add

[bacallbazaar]

Lauren Bacall in Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

[puncromancer]

1999 & 1974

1999 - guy who's only ever seen Labyrinth: for a 13th year in a row it's Labyrinth!

1974 - guy who's only ever seen Labyrinth: movies wouldn't be invented for like twelve more years my guy

[living400lbs]

IMDb says Albert Finney was 37 when cast (Alec Guinness wasn't available) so I'm wondering if he was hunching to appear older. Reportedly he was wearing lots of "aging" makeup, as was the actress playing the princess.

I was surprised at first that characters (especially Poirot) wore pajamas AND a dressing gown/robe in bed, inside the covers. Possibly due to "the train is in the snowy mountains, it's cold, add that layer" or "even in bed one is aware it's a train, the attendant could walk in".

BTW Poirot put on gloves after his hand lotion. Cold? Or wanting to help the lotion soak in?

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

I thought the mystery and the reveal were both kinda lame. If this is supposed to be the best Agatha Christie then geez... I don't think I like Agatha Christie. The best thing about it was Albert Finney's ridiculous performance as the detective Hercule Poirot.

[gael-garcia]

Vanessa Redgrave in Murder on the Orient Express (1974, Sidney Lumet)

[john-deco]

Just a heads up that when Kino Lorber’s 4K release of the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express, I am absolutely going to be insufferable about it and comparing it to the wonderful HD Paramount remaster that was done in 2018/2022.

I apologize to all my mutuals and advance.

[cressida-jayoungr]

Coeli's Picks: Blue, part 2

(Multiple movies listed left to right.)

One Dress a Day Challenge

July: Blue Redux (+ Green Redux)

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) / Doris Day as Ruth Etting

Lady Macbeth (2016) / Florence Pugh as Katherine Lester

Mirror, Mirror (2012) / Lily Collins as Snow White

"I didn't realize until just now that this is a wedding dress! Ah well."

Dangerous Liaisons (1988) / Glenn Close as the Marquise de Merteuil

(I actually featured this one during the first month of blue--see here.)

Crimson Peak (2015) / Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe

Mad Men / Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

"I've never watched the show, but the costuming, especially for this character, is stunning."

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) / Jacqueline Bisset as Countess Elena Andrenyi

"Tricky to find a good shot of this one, as she's often seen in a white fur stole that partially obscures it and is mostly sitting down."

(And what an interesting neckline!)

Singin' in the Rain (1952) / Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden

Immortal Beloved (1994) / Valeria Golino as Giulietta Guicciardi

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) / Jane Russell as Mamie Stover

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Murder on the Orient Express, Sidney Lumet

[thevalleyisjolly]

I simply think that if you're an actor who's going to play Hercule Poirot, you need to at least read several Hercule Poirot mysteries in addition to the story you're acting in. He's insufferable because he's vain and arrogant, not because he's a drama queen. He acts like a drama queen not because he's actually overcome by emotion but because he deliberately plays into perceptions of himself as a funny little foreigner so that people will underestimate him. The big reveal at the end of the mystery are because he's spent the whole story keeping his thoughts close to his chest and the grandiose speeches are a way for Christie to show the reader how his brain has been working, they're not just because he's an attention whore. He is an attention whore, but he is very conscious about the shape of that attention - he doesn't just want people to look at him, he specifically wants people to recognize how clever he is. And you won't get this if you just read one Poirot book, you need to read at least two or three in order to recognize what's part of his character and what he's putting on as part of an act for the sake of the investigation.