![]() ![]() The Orient Express in the 1974 adaptation (Studio Canal) ![]() The train’s own 1980s renaissance was perhaps helped by the novel and its screen adaptations. Because the Orient Express is so famous as an Art Deco train, Art Deco is more central to the story, counter-pointing the glamour and the intrigue. ABC Murders (2018) BBC Murder on the Orient Express (2017) 20th Century FoxĪdapting Murder on the Orient Express is the ultimate challenge for film and TV productions because it is Christie’s most famous novel and there is the challenge of recreating the train journey. ![]() Even this revisionist retelling gave us a brief ‘to die for’ shot of Bexhill’s De La Warr pavilion in full sunny moderne glory. The ITV series succinctly evoked the period in which the stories were set but Suchet’s run has finished, replaced by darker Christie BBC adaptations, including the Poirot ABC Murders mini-series shown over Christmas 2018 which provoked purists. Those of us who viewed the Poirot TV series with David Suchet from 1989 onwards were instantly transported by Pat Gavin’s pastiche of AM Cassandre’s poster graphics for the credit sequence then captivated by expertly-chosen art deco locations from all over the UK plus period furniture, costumes, and especially those hats. Adam, our Brussels correspondent (Twitter’s marshals his little grey cells to probe the relative art deco-ness of the three film and TV adaptations of Murder on the Orient Express… Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Studio CanalĪdaptations of Agatha Christie novels have helped to revive and sustain public interest in art deco. ![]()
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