#Murder on The Orient Express

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Lauren Bacall in Murder on the Orient Express (1974, Sidney Lumet)

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FILMS WATCHED IN 2024 Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Dir. Kenneth Branagh

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Hercule Poirot is so cunty and a girls girl. I’m not explaining why I think this.

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Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

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Last Supper aesthetics.

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At the end of every Hercule Poirot story, he always calls an emergency meeting to find the imposter among us.

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If I can defend Knives Out as being actually not that boring of a pick: Maybe genre wise it’s referencing classic detective stories, but! There’s still things about it that would be fun to reimagine in a vintage setting

Casting is the big one; because for me it’s not just that the all star cast, it’s the mix of types of actors. A few younger actors who aren’t really household names; a few people who are currently enjoying a big wave of popularity/are in other really big projects; extremely well respected actors who most people know; and extremely well respected veteran actors who also aren’t necessarily household names. Like you cover pretty much the whole range with the film. So it presents a fun challenge of not only having to cast for character type, but seeing if you can’t match actor type, too.

And then there’s Blanc specifically- for me, it’s not just about picking someone who would be a fun classic PI character, but trying to find someone who matches Daniel Craig’s specific relationship to the character- is there an equivalent person who is just coming out of/about to come out of being a bit type cast in a somewhat serious, not all that emotive, action-star role who gets a chance through this to loosen up, have fun, and show they also have great comedic chops and character-work abilities?

The other big component for me is that Knives Out and Glass Onion both have some relevant social commentary/issue running as an undercurrent to the murder mystery. Both deal with issues of class, but then KO has Marta’s status as an undocumented immigrant be an important theme throughout, and GO has its take on an Elon Musk type (among other modern archetypes). So what specific contemporary issue(s) are we picking for vintage Knives Out? And how will that affect what our hypothetical movie’s plot and cast looks like?

this ask is making me weep because a movie with “a few younger actors [and] a few people who are currently enjoying a big wave of popularity/are in other really big projects; extremely well respected actors who most people know; and extremely well respected veteran actors who also aren’t necessarily household names” and a lead actor playing the detective who gets to “have fun, and show they also have great comedic chops and character-work abilities” already exists—Murder on the Orient Express from 1974 is one of my favorite movies ever and is apparently now required viewing for this blog. It’s got Lauren Bacall! Ingrid Bergman! Wendy Hiller! John Gielgud! Anthony Perkins! Michael York! Jacqueline Bisset! And Albert Finney eating the shit out of the scenery as Hercule Poirot. It is SUCH a good time and will hit so many of the Knives Out buttons for so many of you. (Admittedly it does not have the same style of social commentary as a Knives Out film, though just like in Christie’s novel it is crucial that the travelers on the train represent diverse intersections of class, and a major touchstone is how justice is meted out based on wealth, class, and who makes those choices.)

Anyway please watch Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

[harvey-guillen]

branagh poirot movies were made just for me and my love of high drama, period costuming, older guys with brilliant minds, glamour and exquisite visuals, always some element of mental illness or madness, love, lust, jealousy or revenge - ty mr branagh for my gift

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Next time you're on a train, write it down, Murder on the Orient Express is set on a train and it is considered one of the best works of English literature ever written and helped make Christie the second best selling author of all time. Just imagine your ride on the California Zephyr could be the next Murder on the Orient Express <3

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thrift store finds! $2!!!

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Do you ever think about the fact that while Murder On The Orient Express was going on, there were other passengers in the other carriages who were totally unaware that they were adjacent to an Agatha Christie novel?

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Accommodation issues.

I haven’t done much Poirot art lately, so hopefully this’ll kick me back to action. In the meantime, a doodle of the eloquent Belgians.