Make up for a more nagging great detective Polo's version of "Beer Murder" after watching~
Let's start with a preface. For me, the most familiar protagonist of detective novels, aside from Sherlock Holmes, is Agatha's Hercule Poirot. After reading the complete works of Sherlock Holmes more than ten years ago, I still have no idea. After reading the tragedy on the Nile River through the language teacher Amway, I fell into the big pit of reasoning queen. To this day, Poirot's part is almost finished by me, but what I regret all the time is that Sherlock Holmes has too many film and television adaptations, from faithful restoration of the original to fancy magic changes, everything, and the Poirot series There are too few adaptations, and I actually want to see a Poirot image on the screen that is deeply rooted in people's hearts. So some time ago, I started watching Detective Poirot, a series of British dramas in which the protagonist and actors have never changed for more than 20 years, and almost most of Poirot's cases have been put on the stage. But after watching a few episodes, I was disappointed. Where is the disappointment? It feels to me that it is too limited to the original work, but it does not show the expressive power of film and television works that is different from the form of text. However, disappointment is disappointment, I still want to read a few classic cases. So, the beer murder case was opened. Beer Murder, the English title of the five little pigs, the original is actually the top 3 of the Poirot series in my mind, and it is a strong contender for the top 1. When I was a child, I didn't leave an impression when I read the novel, but when I opened the book when I grew up, I was deeply impressed by the delicate insight into the human heart between the words. It is precisely because the level of the original work is too high that I didn't have high expectations for the Polo version of the great detective, but this adaptation has exceeded my expectations. Then get to the point. Compared with the previous adaptations that disappointed me, how does the film version of Beer Murder stand out? I roughly summarize it as follows: 1. The use of audio-visual language. This Rashomon-style case involves three time points, now, 16 (14) years ago, and the childhood of the protagonists of the case. The original work mainly involves the first two time points, and the past can only be restored through the narration of the parties concerned. The boundaries are relatively blurred, and readers should listen and experience more from the current time point. The film adaptation uses three filters to distinguish the three time points, so that the audience can be immersed in the scene at any time. The current tone is darker, indicating that the shadow of the tragedy 14 years ago is still there and the truth is still hidden in the darkness; the tone 14 years ago was an intoxicating golden yellow, dreamlike, and even more lost in contrast to now How precious time is, how tragedy shreds beauty; the tones of childhood are white, bright, flickering and blurry, the past has lost its details, but the key images are still vivid in my mind, which is the character of the protagonists. foundation. The processing of the music is also brilliant, leaving no trace with each scene
2. Casting and excellent performance of the actors. Every leading role is well chosen, especially the two complex roles of the male and female protagonists. Although the original work has devoted a lot of space to portraying the two characters, it should be difficult for readers to clearly outline the appearance of the characters after reading the book. And when the male and female protagonists of the film version just appeared on the camera, I had to sigh with emotion. This is exactly the Amias who is chaotic and obsessed with art and Caroline who is forbearing, elegant and strong in the book. The temperament of the actor further amplifies the character of the character. Not to mention their performances. What surprised me in particular was Philip's confession, which I'll talk about in 3. 3, clever plot adaptation. Compared with the novel, the plot of the film version has made a lot of changes, some good and some bad, but overall, the merits outweigh the demerits. (1) The first is to change the time point from 16 years ago to 14 years ago. My understanding here is to make daughter Lucy’s memory of her parents clearer and to have deeper emotions as the driving force for her to search for the truth. It's not like the original work that I have to revive old things because I'm getting married, so it's more humane. In addition, changing Caroline's death from illness after a year in prison to being directly hanged is also to strengthen the sense of tragedy and make the scene of death more impactful. (2) Then, the film version drastically deleted almost all the parts of Poirot's conversation with many court participants at the beginning of the novel, and went directly to the topic to communicate with the parties. This is mainly to save time and remove possible redundancy. The foreshadowing, focusing more on the love and hatred of the protagonists, but at the cost of weakening the story and suspense-the original novel through the conversation with the court participants, the conclusion of the past is strengthened again and again, so that readers have to Doubt that this is the truth, which makes the subsequent reversal more impactful, and the impact of the film version is obviously not as good as the original. (3) Philip's personality changed. In the original work, Philip hated Caroline because of his love and hatred. In the film version, it was changed to Philip who has always loved Amyas, so he hated Caroline. The two versions each have their own unique features, and here I prefer the film version. One is because the adaptation of the film version made Philip the only one who was the most grieved by the death of Amyas, and the shadows of everyone in the original work were more or less related to Caroline. It strengthened the pain caused by the death of Amyas itself, not just Caroline's grievance, strength and self-sacrifice, so it was the sentence just now, which was more humane; the second is Philip The actor's performance when he confessed was so wonderful. He seemed to be cold, but he suddenly stopped Poirot. He wanted to tell his secret calmly, but he couldn't control it. The moment he opened his mouth, the emotion he had always restrained suddenly disappeared. It spewed out, and then he burst into tears, finally trying to regain his composure, but his voice was still shaking. The layering is really handled very well, which greatly adds to this hidden line.
(4) Finally, there is a change in the ending. The content announcement of the original painting was deleted, probably because it was difficult to present. The most serious consequence of this was that it directly affected the integrity of Elsa's line. Her last sentence "My The heart is dead" also completely lost the shock of the original work in the film version. Then the film version also added a scene where the daughter confronted with a gun. In the end, the golden memory of the daughter was used instead of abruptly ending like the original. I understood it again to strengthen the human touch and let the audience empathize, but the golden color Although my memories are good, the part about holding the gun is really superfluous. Letting my daughter make a choice is really meaningless to the core of the film, and it drags the end and fails to deal with other people's reactions to the truth. The atmosphere is rather weird...here I think it's a failure. The original work came to an abrupt end. The essence is that everything starts with love. Everyone’s choice is inseparable from love. Hate is also born out of love, but Poirot said that the world of adults is not only love and hate. It is a pity that although the adaptation of the film version repeatedly strengthens the human touch, it does not express the most crucial meaning. All in all, I think the most successful thing about the adaptation of Beer Murder is that it uses the camera and sound to create an audio-visual experience that is timeless and time flies, which is the advantage of film and television works. Other parts, including the high fit of the actors, the simplicity of the story, and the strengthening of the audience's emotional resonance, are bonus points. Although there is still a distance from the original work on the whole, and the essence of the original work has not been reproduced, it is a successful adaptation with its own soul, and this is actually the Poirot film and television work I hope to see. (BTW, after watching "The Beer Murder", my expectations were raised, and I opened the Great Detective Poirot's version of "The Curtain", and in the end, I was disappointed again.
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