In my opinion, the soul of the movie is given by the screenwriters to a certain extent. They have to try to express a novel of tens of thousands of words in two hours. They must be faithful to the original and be harmful to the picture. The difficulty of processing can be imagined. Take "The Tragedy on the Nile" as an example. Compared with Agatha’s mother-in-law, the film reduces the characters and their corresponding relationships, such as: Guido Ricetti and Tim Aller in the original book. After that, Cornelia Skuller and other characters did not appear in the movie. The pearl necklace lost after Linnet’s death in the original book is also an important clue. There are not so many people in the movie, and in the movie, the people on the boat hate Linnet...At the same time, the movie has made an addition, and compared with the novel, it has increased the characterization of the characters and the description of the emotional clues: on the ship All of them are suspected of killing Linnet. It may be someone whose reputation has been destroyed by her; or someone whose family was bankrupted by her father; or someone who wanted to steal her. Or someone who is dissatisfied with someone else’s inheritance of a large inheritance; or someone who has tried his best to save her mother from bankruptcy; or a trusted person who is afraid of exposing his deceptive behavior; or A person who can’t figure out who the traveler is... The last murderer is a lover who has nothing but is willing to pay all costs for love. The work highlights this respectable love and criticizes them. Money worship, ironically, one of them is her husband and the other is her best friend. The creative use of "addition and subtraction" in the work deliberately caused confusion in the audience's reception of information, causing suspense, and changing the narrative of the story from slow to fast, from smooth to tense, and pushed the plot to a climax.
Next, let's look at the artistic treatment of the work. The movie title "Tragedy on the Nile" is reminiscent of the mysterious pyramids, sphinxes and mummies of ancient Egypt, and further fits the film's suspense and horror themes. Secondly, the work gives a beautiful feeling in terms of color, composition, and sense of picture. It has been shot into a panoramic promotional film of the scenery along the Nile River, especially the costumes of the characters. They are completely faithful to their personalities and status. All characters are At that time, typical representatives of various classes and occupations in society, the work also won the 51st Oscar for Best Costume Design Award. Finally, I would like to mention some classic dialogues in the movie. The humor and humor have laid the groundwork for the development of the film's plot. What impressed me the most was the dialogue between "Old Lady and Maid Bowers", once before the trip. , Once was the emphasis on the personalities of both parties on the ship, and the last time was to leave clues for the crime tool "shawl". Each time a few sentences were designed to make people laugh and think again.
Finally, let me talk about the shortcomings in the movie in my personal impression. I personally think that the novel may be too powerful to leave much room for the director to create. The whole work is a little flat and has not enough mystery. It is just a pure narrative without leaving the director's personal style. In addition, the film pays attention to the processing of details, but seems to ignore the grasp of the overall tone. The weight levels between the characters are similar, and the sense of hierarchy is not obvious.
I have watched "The Tragedy on the Nile" more than three times. Even though it is flawed, as a work that came out in the 1970s, it can be regarded as a "milestone" in the history of detective reasoning movies. It is logically reasoning and organized. The facts of the case are intertwined. Through the reappearance of the scene of the murder, the truth is revealed bit by bit, which always attracts the audience to find the real murderer, and restores the true conditions of the lives of people from all walks of life in the society at that time. The weakness of human nature's greed, indifference, selfishness and various social contradictions expresses the desire to pursue freedom and equality, triggering audiences to think about human nature, which has enlightening significance.
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