Uhlobo olusha lwefilimu lwe Ukubulala ku-Orient Express, enye yamanoveli adume kakhulu we Agatha Christie. Iqondiswe futhi yalingisa abaseBrithani UKenneth brannagh, eligcina indima ye Hercule Poirot, kuletha ndawonye umlingisi wokunethezeka, njengalowo USidney Lumet ngo-1974. Kodwa ukuguqulwa kwamafilimu amanoveli alo mbhali kuningi njengomsebenzi wakhe omkhulu. Ngibukeza okunye okwaziwa kakhulu. Ngokwami ngizohlala njalo nabanekhono Fakaza ngokushushiswa.
BULAWA NGOKUVELA ENDLELENI YASENDULO (SYDNEY LUMET, 1974)
Kwakuyinguqulo yokuqala futhi umqondisi wayazi ukuthi angayiguqula kanjani inoveli kaChristie yokuzijabulisa ibe yiyo okudala ukubonga ngokushesha, ngokwengxenye, ku-a abahle kakhulu phakathi kwawo kwakukhona amaBrithani U-Albert Finney njengoPoirot, U-Ingrid Bergman, uLauren Bacall, USean Connery, u-Anthony Perkins noma uJacqueline Bisset.
I-Akhawunti icala elizophenywa nguPoirot lapho ubuyela ekhaya uvela emsebenzini oyimpumelelo. Kufanele athathe isitimela esasenganekwaneni Orient Express namandla amakhulu eqhwa ukwenza ukuma okungalindelekile. Ngakusasa ekuseni usozigidi utholakale egwaziwe futhi wonke umuntu omzungezile ubonakala elangazelela ukufakazela ukuthi umsulwa. Futhi-ke, sesivele siyazi ukuthi ukuphela kuyini, akunjalo?
UKUFA EMNAMBINI (UJOHN GUILLERMIN, 1978)
Ngemuva kweminyaka emine Ukubulala ku-Orient Express kwavela eLumet lokhu Ukufa eNayile. Ngalesi sikhathi futhi ungumlingisi waseBrithani futhi ohlonishwayo UPeter Ustinov lowo ohlanganisa Poirot. Owokuqala kwakunguCharles Laughton, kepha kwakungu-Ustinov okwazile ukuhlanganisa ubuso bakhe emphakathini nomphenyi othile waseBelgium onobuhlakani. Kwenze izikhathi eziyisithupha.
Lokhu kuguqulwa nakho bekune-cast egcwele izinkanyezi lapho bezikhona UBette Davis, uMia Farrow, uDavid Niven, u-Angela Lansbury, uJane Birkin, uGeorge Kennedy, uJack Warden noMaggie Smith. Kuyathakazelisa ukwazi ukuthi u-Ustinov wayeshade nodadewabo ka-Angela Lansbury, umlingisi owavela ekuvumelaneni okwengeziwe kwemisebenzi kaChristie. Futhi eminyakeni embalwa kamuva uLansbury wayengumlingiswa oyinhloko wochungechunge lwethelevishini oludumile Kubhale ubugebengu, ogama lakhe eliphambili lisuselwa kuMiss Marple.
Kulokhu uHercule Poirot hamba ungene eKarnak, Isikebhe sikanokusho esiwela umfula iNayile. Kuwo kubulawa isigqi se-heiress. Ngaphambi kokufika ethekwini, kuzofanele aqaqe ama-alibis alabo ahamba nabo ukuze athole umbulali. Impikiswano efanayo eshintsha kuphela izilungiselelo nezindlela zokuhamba.
Kusuka kule movie futhi inguqulo entsha ye-movie isanda kumenyezelwa sisebenzise ukudonsa kwalokhu okugcina kwe- Ukubulala ku-Orient Express.
ISIBHEDLELA ESIPHEPHILE (UGUY HAMILTON, 1980)
Nasi isibonelo sokubamba iqhaza kwe- U-Angela Lansbury udlala uMiss Marple. Iphinde yathunyelwa ukulingiswa okumangazayo kwezinkanyezi yize sekuvele kwehla, njengoba IDwala Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor o Tony Curtis. Isisebenzi saseHollywood sifika edolobheni elithule lesiNgisi ukuzoshutha i-movie yesikhathi. Lapho elinye lamalungu alo lifakwa ushevu, uMiss Marple nguyena ophethe ukuphenya ngokwenzekile.
UKUFA NGAPHANSI KWELANGA (UGUY HAMILTON, 1982)
Peter Ustinov kabusha indima njengoba Poirot kule filimu. Manje isenzo sesifikile ihhotela laseBalkan (yenziwe kabusha eMallorca). UPoirot maduze uzothola ukuthi izivakashi ezikhethekile zihlanganyela inzondo enkulu ngo-Arlena, ongumlingisi. Uma lokhu kubulawa, bonke babuya baba ngabasolwa abanezizathu ezithile zokumbulala.
ISITIMELA SE-4: 50 (UGEORGE POLLOCK, 1961)
Sibuyele emuva emuva emuva kwesikhathi nalokhu kulungiswa okwakuyi-adventure yokuqala yomqondisi UGeorge Pollock nomlingisi uMargaret Rutherford. Bakhishwe belungisa indaba ephathelene noMiss Marple kepha bafundisa izisekelo zawo wonke umsebenzi osele: imvunulo, amahlaya nezitha ezithunzini.
UMargaret Rutherford Ubuso obedume kakhulu kwifilimu kuMiss Marple, amdlale amahlandla amane. Kule ndaba kunjalo UNkk Marple uqobo lwakhe, ohambeni lwesitimela, ongufakazi odlulayo wokubulala uzibophezele emotweni yesitimela esifanayo. Kepha asikho isidumbu futhi iziphathimandla zizokholelwa ukuthi kungukucabanga kuphela kwesalukazi esithanda amanoveli wabaseshi. Ngakho-ke uzothatha isinqumo sokuphenya yedwa.
I-NEGRITOS EYISHUMI (URENÉ CLAIR, 1945)
Yabhalwa ngo-1939 yayikhona enye yezincwadi ezikhanya kakhulu futhi ezithengisa kakhulu kusuka Christie futhi uhlala omunye ethandwa kakhulu futhi edumile. Futhi kungenye yezinguquko kakhulu. Lesi ngesinye sezikhulu futhi siqondiswe amaFrance URené clair. Kamuva kakhulu ngo-1987 wayenenguqulo yaseRussia nayo eyihlonipha kakhulu inoveli yokuqala.
Abantu abayishumi abangahlobene bahlangana esiqhingini esingaqondakali esisogwini lwesiNgisi nguMnu Owen othile. Lo ngumnikazi wesithabathaba sikanokusho, kodwa izivakashi zakhe azimazi. Ngemuva kwesidlo sakusihlwa sokuqala, futhi bengakamboni umphathi wabo okwamanje, abadli abayishumi basolwa ngokuqopha ukuthi benze icala. Ngamunye ngamunye, kusukela kulowo mzuzu kuqhubeke, babulawa ngaphandle kwesizathu noma incazelo.
ISIKHATHI SOFAKAZI (UBILLY WILDER, 1957)
Kususelwa kumdlalo kaChristie onegama elifanayo. Futhi uBilly Wilder uphumelele ngokulingisa kwakhe ifilimu nokusebenza kwakhe ITyrone Power, uMarlene Dietrich futhi ikakhulukazi uCharles Laughton, umsebenzi wobuciko wobuciko wesikhombisa. Uxoxa indaba ka ULeonard vole (Amandla). UVole uyindoda enhle nenobungane, okunguye osolwa ngokubulala intokazi ecebile eyayimshiye eyindlalifa yengcebo enkulu.
Ubufakazi obuphathelene naye bucace bha, kepha eUmmeli ohlonishwayo wezigebengu uSir Wilfrid Robarts (ILaughton) ukholelwa ukuthi umsulwa futhi uyavuma ukumvikela ngazo zonke izindlela. UVole ushade nomhlengikazi waseJalimane (uDietetrich) ahlangana naye ngesikhathi sempi, futhi uzothola kuye ufakazi ophikisana kakhulu nabashushisi.
I-movie uthole iziphakamiso eziyisithupha zika-OscarIBest Movie, Best Director, Best Leading Actor (Charles Laughton), Best Supporting Actress (Elsa Lanchester), Best Sound, ne-Best Editing, kepha yehlulekile ukufeza noma yikuphi