More than 100 years ago, a train set out from Paris, France, and after more than 3 days, arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, and started the legend of the "Oriental Express".
More than 80 years ago, a British female writer boarded this prestigious train, heading for the distant and mysterious Middle East. A few years later, one of the most prestigious works of mystery fiction, Murder on the Orient Express, was born.
To get an idea of how popular this novel is, take a look at how many times it has been adapted. Even though too many people have long known the ending of the novel, they still haven't been able to stop the enthusiasm of the directors for the remake and the succession of many big actors. Counting the newly released version, this is the fifth time it has been put on the screen.
The new version of the remake has shown enough sincerity from the beginning, with a director who is good at Shakespeare, a star-studded cast, the original copy of the "Oriental Express", the exotic style of the Middle East under the camera, plus the classic story of Granny. , I don't think it's going to go anywhere.
After the release, the most criticized by fans of the original and the old version is probably that the image of the great detective Poirot has changed. In this version, his appearance is a little more hilarious, and the character design is also slightly biased towards the BBC version of Sherlock Holmes, which can't help but dance a bit when watching. I don't know if this is the overall development trend of the modern detective image?
Prestigious? The Great Detective Poirot and the Highly Featured Train
Apart from this, the film is basically faithful to the original. Although I knew the ending for a long time, when I saw the big stars in the middle of the show, it was still wonderful. This is probably the charm of Grandma.
That's it for the movie, let's go back to the main topic: gossip about the legendary Orient Express, and the grandma who rode the car that year.
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Historical Orient Express
"a train that crosses the continent on more than 1,500 miles of uninterrupted tracks"
This idea was first proposed by a Belgian in 1865. It was proposed by George Najimac. After nearly 20 years, finally in 1883, after countless difficulties, mistakes, negotiations and stalemates, the first direct railway from Paris to Istanbul was completed and started, which was called the "Oriental Express" by the media at that time. ".
This is the world's first transcontinental train, allowing passengers to travel across seven different countries on an adventurous journey to the East.
The Orient Express in 1883
It's not just the epic adventure that makes this train famous, it's the ultimate luxury on board: richly patterned wood trim, fine leather seats, plush carpets, gourmet food from star chefs, The meticulous service of the flight attendants in neat uniforms, all in accordance with the standards of the most luxurious hotels, turned the originally long and tedious train time into the enjoyment of being in a "mobile palace".
Since then, the Orient Express has started its own legendary history. Its passenger list covers European royal families, world-class rich business tycoons and celebrities from all walks of life. If you look it up, you can find many handed down from the past. anecdotes. Because of the unique environment and comfortable facilities of the train, it once became an active place for European spies.
From World War I, World War II to the Cold War, this train has witnessed the changes in Europe for nearly a century, and has become an important participant in history.
On November 11, 1918, in a mobile office converted from carriage 2419 of the Orient Express, French Army Commander Foch signed an armistice with the Germans for World War I. The carriage was later pulled to Paris for public display, and during Hitler's time it was dragged back to where it was signed to determine the terms of France's surrender. It was bombed by Hitler before Germany was defeated.
The heyday of the Orient Express appeared in the 1930s. Repeatedly added and extended routes and later imitators created a complex system of "Orient Express". For the convenience of British travelers, the western end of the line extends to Calais, the Anglo-French ferry port. This is exactly when Agatha Christie's ride on the Orient Express and the novel Murder on the Orient Express was born.
The different routes of the Orient Express
Although there were brief outages and reroutes during the war, it was the modern high-speed rail and low-cost airlines that really made the Orient Express gradually decline. After the 1970s, the once prosperous Orient Train was shut down several times, and the operating company changed again and again. This train has gradually evolved from the most fashionable means of transportation to retro nostalgia, dragging antique-like carriages slowly along the 1,500-mile long road.
Today, we can still board the carefully restored "Oriental Express" and experience the journey across the European continent at the beginning of the last century in the space-time tunnel-like carriage. Of course, the price of 20,000 or 30,000 still maintains its noble status. style.
The Orient Express appeared in the movie is a restored version made by the crew referring to the heyday of the 1930s, with complicated wooden floors, shiny door handles, luxurious boxes, exquisite desserts... If you miss the real Orient Express for a while, So if you look at this end of the screen, you can probably see the prosperity at that time.
Antique Restoration Orient Express
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The fate of Agatha and the Orient Express
About the encounter between Grandma and the Orient Express, it is probably quite dramatic from her of love life. (Yes, I'm here to gossip.)
Grandma's novels are good at analyzing human nature, and most of the detectives she writes are synonymous with reason and calmness. However, from her words, you can actually see a little bit of her romantic feelings and girlish heart. There are not a few characters in her writing who fall in love, and she gave them a good ending as far as possible. So her personal love life is so dramatic, it may be reasonable.
Beautiful grandma when she was young
Her marriage to her first husband was almost a douchebag. They met at a dance, and grandma cancelled the previous engagement for him. The two experienced the first World War and the long trip to a foreign country together, but because of the exhaustion of enthusiasm, the man's cheating came to an end.
At the end of this marriage, Granny staged the most mysterious experience of her life: she left home at night in her beloved car and disappeared. She was only found living under a pseudonym in a Yorkshire hotel after a massive 12-day search. What happened during this period, she never said, and we have no way of knowing, this secret has always been accompanied by her "queen of reasoning" halo, and has become a topic for fans to talk about.
The group photo of grandma and the first term, according to the current style of fans, this classmate is afraid of being fleshed out
After the divorce, Agatha lingered in the low point of her life for a long time. In 1929, at the suggestion of a friend, she boarded the Orient Express and went to the Middle East, where she met new friends, and took this as an opportunity to meet her second husband, who was 14 years younger than her.
The Orient Express became the starting point of her new life and probably inspired her. Her personal experience of being trapped by Blizzard on the Orient Express, coupled with the kidnapping of the pilot's son that shocked the world at that time, finally made the wonderful story we see.
I believe that the little friends who see it here will not care about the poster that spoils the whole picture (top).
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