"Murder on the Orient Express" and "No Survivor" are two typical criminal investigation films. The plot focuses on the progressive analysis of the case, with little conflict in human nature. And "Gosford Manor" integrates the strict class nature between master and servant and the sexual scandal of the noble class in the murder case, and the murderer is relatively weak.
In "8 Beautiful Pictures", class sex and sexual scandals are also expounded, but it is not as dignified as "Gosford Manor", but has more French casualness, casual swaying, and light weight. "Liberty, equality, and fraternity" are fully reflected in the concept of class: servants can be traditional blacks or beautiful blondes; two maids have same-sex relationships with two hostesses; maids can wear women's The owner's leopard coat came into the house. As for family scandals, the film is more complicated: incest, homosexuality, homosexuality in a triangular relationship, pregnancy out of wedlock, etc. But regardless of the class view or the scandal view, they are only taken with a few scenes and a few lines.
"A hundred-footed worm is dead but not stiff. It must first commit suicide at home before it can be completely defeated." Jia Tanchun said when he was copied in the Grand View Garden. The male protagonist in the film acts as a link to prevent the people from committing suicide.
Before his death (feigned death), the family was apparently happy, as reflected in the cheerful tone of the younger daughter's singing "Papa T'es Plus Dans L'Coup" and the singing and dancing of the whole family. Subsequently, the master died tragically (feigned death). For a person who has been murdered to death, the instinctive reaction of a living person should be to first jump in front of the corpse with an exclamation, confirm whether the person has died and check the wound. The family members in the film were just panicking downstairs, and the aunt played by Huppert even kept delivering snacks to her mouth, without showing the slightest concern and sadness. After the murder became a fait accompli, everyone's performance was also unexpected. They did not immediately track down the murderer, but slandered and slandered the right to inherit property. Out of disgust for each other, they frame each other, choose themselves, and push the opponent into the suspect camp. As a result, the Agatha Christie-style murderer detection in a closed time and space was opened. But the reconnaissance process is also different. There is no detective's intervention. There are only 8 women arguing with each other. At the end of the film, the mystery is revealed. The master of suspended animation listened to everyone's performance in the room, and committed suicide after being completely disappointed with human nature. 8 women are innocent, and there is no murderer. But on the other hand, whether it's the night interview 7-member group that troubled him more and more the night before, or the little daughter who helped him see the ugly side of his family, all of them can't escape their troubles, and they are all murderers who force their master to commit suicide.
At the end of the film, 8 women lined up holding hands and seemed to have reached a temporary understanding and tolerance of each other. So what happens after that?
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