Agatha Christie's Poirot - After the Funeral
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Brand: A & EPrimary Contributor: David Suchet
Primary Contributor: Geraldine James
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 95 unknown-units
Model: AAE-76787
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DVD Review: Warning: This review contains one PLOT SPOILER, but does not reveal the murderer.
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed every second of the novel and was excited to see the adaptation. While I felt a slightly gloomier atmosphere with these ghostly nuns always walking around collecting for charity could have really added to this adaptation, on the whole it was a solid adaptation and solidly acted.
I think with adaptations there is a balance to be struck - too rigid a fidelity to a novel can rob a work of its vitality and its possibility within a very different medium. Yet going overboard in the medium to provide a sensationalistic thrill (as seems to be the case with the latest Marple adaptations) takes away from the novel's original appeal. This adaptation I thought struck a nice balance, with two exceptions:
PLOT SPOILER AHEAD---TURN BACK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
1. I felt the liason between Susanna and her cousin a bit far-fetched and completely unnecessary. I'm not a prude, and feel that if it served the work in any way, well, leave it in. But it only becomes a point that Poirot brings out in the end - he already knows who the murderer is, so he comes off as a bit of a sadist, watching this religious woman confess (for no reason at all) her sexual misstep. To me it seemed like there was some need on the part of the script writer to show that even the devout aren't perfect, or everyone has a secret, but it amounted to a waste of screen time. Still it was far less bothersome than my second point:
2. In the novel, the valuable painting turns out to be a Vermeer. In this version, it is a Rembrandt. Why they changed the artist baffles me. The plot actually works better with a Vermeer. I believe at the time that the novel was written, there were a number of Vermeer forgeries in existence. Rembrandt is too easily recognizable an artist, whereas fewer people are familiar with the small collection of Vermeer's in existence.
Also, I believe Christie used Vermeer because he was an artist about whom we know very little - an element of mystery about the painter leaves open the possibility of finding a previously undiscovered work. Moreover, the actual works themselves are rather puzzle like and contemplative - like mini mysteries in and of themselves.
And finally, the use of Vermeer in this adaptation would have been perfect timing given the attention Vermeer has been given in novels and films (i.e. "The Girl with a Pearl Earring"). It would have been rather timely.
END OF SPOILER
All in all, the film is definitely worth seeing and owning, despite the above mentioned items! Suchet as Poirot rocks!
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