Forsyth's novel is famous for its flow of details, and there are absolutely no unreasonable sensational passages, and most of this film is also made calmly and self-controlly, and it is a novel samādhi, but it is a pity that it has been adapted in a random place.
In the movie, the jackal drove into France from Italy and met the baroness in a hotel near Nice. After a one-night stand, he learned that the pseudonym of Du Paolo had been exposed and the small white sports car was also the target. The police also learned that the jackal and the baroness had a leg in the hotel, and had already visited and warned the baroness. After painting the car, the jackal had a car accident, and then went to visit the baroness. Knowing that there was a problem, the baroness sent away the servant and was killed after sleeping.
In the novel, the police did not learn from the hotel that the jackal and the baroness had a leg, nor did they visit for warning. After learning that his identity was exposed, the Jackal tried to go to the Baroness for a few days to avoid the limelight. After changing the car's color and license plate, he drove to the neighborhood, hid it carefully, and hitchhiked to find the Baroness. As described in the book, the Jackal thought about it. It is difficult to leave after a week, and it can be seen that he is also intoxicated in the tender country, and has a little affection for the baroness. However, the hidden car was accidentally discovered by forest guards, and the Baroness was not exactly a sack. She was a correspondent of the resistance movement before, overheard warning calls, even searched the luggage and found the gun, she also accurately judged the jackal’s. The goal is de Gaulle, so the jackal must kill her.
The policeman in the movie is so brave that he was able to chase the baroness, and it is a coincidence that the jackal went to find her completely because of a car accident, and the baroness is a complete idiot, knowing that the other party is wanted by the police. The goal is still alone? It may be a common bridge in other movies, but it's not "Syphos" too much. The jackal’s personal design also collapsed, and the car was clearly left on the side of the road in a car accident. The police found it within minutes, so what did you do if you stayed nearby? Drive another car and hurry away. Why waste time to kill the baroness? At the same time, it seemed that the jackal was just a cold-blooded killer.
The description in the novel is completely consistent with the Jackal’s calmness, planning and adaptability. If you want to use the Baroness to hide from the limelight, she carefully changes the color of the car and hides it. The free ride is divided into two, first to the small one. In town, find another car to the baroness's house. Every time I secretly called when my wife was tired after Ai Ai to find out the situation, keenly noticed that the phone hung up twice, then took off my shoes and secretly returned to the room, and found that the luggage was checked and the gun was exposed. . Miu Miu Miu also described the jackal reluctant to leave when he thought about leaving in a week, but he owes a superfluous description after the murder here. He is born in poverty, yearns for a rich life, likes to seduce elegant beauties, and is normal. Human feelings, but absolutely self-centered, never leave any hidden killer image, which is vividly expressed.
Therefore, the only major adaptation in the movie undermines the rationality of the novel and the consistency of the Jackal’s behavior pattern. Isn’t it necessary at all, can’t you honestly follow the novel?
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