The three of them, together with Agatha Christie, are known as the three great masters of the world’s mystery novels. Here, the identity of a pharmacist gave her a basic understanding of drugs, laying the foundation for some expertise in later novels, she turned from a ward nurse into a pharmacist with legal qualifications, the sudden advancement of drug and poison knowledge, the next day, Poirot launched a thorough investigation.
I. Strong script support – Agatha Christie
Japan’s Matsumoto Kiyomasa, Britain’s Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie three people and known as the world’s three great masters of reasoning novels. Agatha Christie showed unparalleled keen observation in social background, character description and dialogue, and excelled in writing long speculative novels with complex characters. In 1914, during the First World War, she joined the British and Red Cross Volunteer Corps to engage in ambulance work. Here, her role as a pharmacist gave her a basic understanding of drugs, laying the foundation for some expertise in later novels. She went from being a ward nurse to a legally qualified pharmacist, with a burgeoning knowledge of drugs and poisons, and the Belgian refugees living in the nearby diaspora gave her an alternative detective image completely different from Sherlock Holmes – -The great Hercule Poirot.
In 1920, she published The Strange Case of Styles Manor, a book in which the character of the detective Poirot appeared for the first time. In her subsequent career, there were 38 books with Hercule Poirot as the main character. And “Murder on the Orient Express” came out in 1934 and tells the story of Istanbul in the twilight, from where passengers of different identities and backgrounds have boarded the Orient Express. The famous great detective Poirot, arranged by his friend Mr. Bowker, also boarded this train. In the morning in the dining car, the big businessman Reichert approached Poirot, saying that someone had written him anonymous letters, threatening to kill him, and offered money for Detective Poirot to act as his personal bodyguard. Poirot is well aware of Ratchett’s previous misdeeds and flatly refuses his request. At night, the passengers in the car have fallen asleep, the entire carriage is silent. Suddenly, from Ratchett’s compartment came a shriek. Beddoes, the waiter, was delivering medicine to Ratchett when he found him dead in bed. Everyone on the train was startled, and Poirot was awakened from his sleep. The next day, Poirot launched a thorough investigation. He interrogated all the passengers in the same carriage, but from them all found a variety of suspicions. And then linked to the newspaper reports of a child abduction case that occurred many years ago, Poirot finally understood the origin of the case.
It turns out that Reichert had kidnapped a child Daisy years ago and killed her, when the use of their own power to let the matter go away, years later, the victim’s twelve families united to Reichert to pay the blood debt, so that the murderer got what he deserved, and now the sentence was finally carried out. Blocking the train finally cleared the pile of snow, and the Yugoslavian police are about to arrive, the justice of Poirot in their own way for everyone to solve the problem.
Second, the world’s leading detective in the “alien”
And other world famous detective is very different, appearing on the unattractive, pot-bellied and with eight beards of the uncle, it is difficult to connect with the wise crime-solving experts, he will look at the world, a small eye squint, it is easy to associate with the word “greasy”, but also this cute uncle, with the next person can not reach The huge contrast between body and soul makes it easy for the audience to be attracted to him, and the usual portrayal of a serious, powerful detective also forms a strong contrast, but “interesting soul is one in a million”, such a hint of paranoia and sense of justice Poirot, easier to capture the hearts of the audience, because he seems to be more His existence is more like a wind blowing around him, rather than an unreachable moon hanging in the sky.
Third, the characterization of Poirot
First, the appearance, focus on the eight beards of Poirot, the setting of this appearance has a great role in the shaping of the character, every night before going to bed, he will carefully protect them and put a protective cover on them, this detail is slightly comical, but it can show the delicate mind, the image of the joy of life, in a small way to imply that the character is not as unconventional as his appearance, he does not have the British He does not have the elegance of an English gentleman, not the humor of an American man, but he has his own way of thinking, has his own wise vision of the world, has a small paranoia with the characteristics of an elegant Belgian.
Secondly, in the character’s lines, in “Murder on the Orient Express”, Poirot’s line setting can be very impressive, because he individually examined twelve carriage passengers, contact with twelve kinds of professional and personality people, each kind of people he used “the right medicine”, he has his own way of dealing with the world, attitude is not condescending, with their own small set, the fastest way to use the least amount of words to understand. He has his own way of dealing with the world, his attitude is not condescending, and he uses his own little ways to get the information he needs in the fastest way with the fewest words. He said: You are full of lies, thinking that no one will know, but at least two people will know, yes, two people, your God, and me, Hercule Poirot.
Third, the character set, Poirot is not a high-cold person, is a self-talking chatterbox, he speaks with his own laughs, but as soon as he smokes a pipe, into contemplation, his independent spirit can be manifested, in this film, involving the discussion of legal and emotional issues, Poirot as a detective, but also inevitably involved, because in the end he needs to make a choice between the law and human feelings, he is torn Because of the twelve for social justice and justice and the result of the criminal “good”, but also against the moral and legal justice “sinners”, Poirot finally chose to tilt the scales to the side of human feelings, although this is not the best ending, but is As the saying goes: Every day we will meet some scum, but we can not kill them, but we should be different from the beast. Poirot himself said: Through this case I realized that the scales of justice, may not always be balanced, and this also let me learn for the first time, to accept the imbalance of the world, there is no murderer in the car, only people who need to be reborn. The police have accepted my first conclusion that the murderer committed the crime alone and managed to escape, I am now going to get out of the car to close the case, you can all leave, I hope you can get peace on this, I hope we all are. This is a flesh and blood, emotional detective, he is not bound by the rules and regulations of the law, he also carries the commonality of the general public.
Only to do the maximum degree of different, in order to do the maximum degree of being needed. This statement also applies to the self-important Poirot, his appearance broke the stereotypical image of the regular detective, enriching the plot, but also make the film recognizable, a good movie can make the audience remember, in addition to the plot set and actor performance, the uniqueness of the character can be to the greatest extent to raise its recognition, in the largest scope to reach the hearts of the audience. In other films, such as “Sin under the Sun” and “Tragedy on the Nile”, a large number of viewers relied on this somewhat “eccentric” Belgian uncle to remember the plot of these cases, and were deeply attracted.
The reasoning class of the film actually does not need to be more bizarre and high, but to be close to reality, to respond to the reality of some of the problems of society, social development is inevitable contradictions, one of the functions of the film is to reflect reality, to convey the spirit of the times, “Murder on the Orient Express” has done, it does not rely on the plot and rely on the spirit to attract the audience, so no matter when to taste the film, it has its readability and Reality.