This doesn’t include oddities like Knives Out (a homage to Agatha), films disavowed by the Agatha Christie estate (Innocent Lies), or the weird stuff like Doctor Who meeting Agatha herself and discovering what really went on during her eleven-day disappearance in 1926. We’re watching Agatha Christie film adaptations. Not all of your audience appreciates mumbling.įor all you fans at home, Bill and I have begun a new project in case I haven’t mentioned it earlier. Still, subtitles are important! They make it clear what’s going on. I had trouble understanding what people were saying sometimes. I would give this adaptation that all-important last half-garotte if the BBC hadn’t skimped on subtitles. Every single character in Marple (in the episodes I’ve seen to date) looks like they just stepped out of the beauty parlor and their buildings and grounds were freshly manicured so as to be presentable to the Queen. It’s also messier and closer to real life than ITV’s highly polished Marple series, first aired in 2004. Otherwise, this adaptation follows the text to the point of using Agatha’s own dialog. They also changed the date to about 1950 or so, instead of 1942 when the novel was published. There are minor changes, the most important of which is probably the addition of the village idiot (Malcolm) who discovers the burned-out car with the body in it.
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