![]() ![]() (It was a different and uglier time.) One by one, each of the guests is accused of a different murder and then slowly picked off in accordance with an old nursery rhyme about “ ten little soldiers.”Īs the characters race to figure out who among them is the culprit, we have to try to piece together the clues, red herrings, and that frustrating and creepy poem. That’s the basic setup for one of mystery writer Agatha Christie’s best-known and oft-parodied works, And Then There Were None, originally titled (NSFW language) Ten Little Indians or Ten Little N*****s. Turns out, you’re actually here for a game. Only it looks like your definition of “party” might be just a wee bit different from your hosts. Because that’s not creepy.Īnyway, bring out the glowsticks and fizzy drinks, because you are here to paaaartay. I would love to know where that house is located because of the incredible architectural details in the interior.Welcome! You and nine strangers have just arrived in a mansion on an isolated island, having received invitations from various acquaintances or someone named U.N. It cannot be a movie set because it is too detailed. That is one interesting and expensive house. (BTW, observe the interior home shots carefully. Overall this film is very well done, entertaining and watchable. One of the dresses that June Duprez wears gives visual proof positive that quality fashion is always in style regardless of decade. As one guest observes, 'Nothing clears the mind like a game of precision.' It becomes apparent that each person's attempt at cognitive reasoning to determine what is happening fails for a diverse set of reasons.Ī billiard table is used as an analogic device to recall what has happened, and what could happen in the near future. Several guests openly state who they trust and why for each set of circumstances. Several quasi-friendships develop during the film progression which makes for some interesting alliances in trying to determine who is killing the guests. Each of their dialogues and actions are believable and bring a sense of stability to the storyline. The director develops the personalities of each person very well. The student of history can glean quite a bit about customs and norms from that time with watching and careful listening. ![]() This film is an interesting look at better quality English life circa the end of World War 2. This author believes this 1945 version is the superior one to see. Has anyone else ever thought or wondered about this?Īgatha Christie's 1939 novel has been made and re-made into films numerous times by several film makers under several alternate titles i.e. Yet, no one ever refers to this recording again in any way. In the movie we can hear that it is not the voice of any of the people present. In my view, any police officers finding ten murdered bodies and a recording accusing them of murders would immediately want to know who made the recording and why. I'm a lawyer, maybe that's why this baffles me. After that, it is never mentioned again! This is especially amazing in the book version, because the police in that version actually go to the island and find the bodies. Owen." In the movie, the old general tosses the record but it does not break. In both versions, the butler admits putting the record on but thought it was a piece of music and says he was instructed to do it by "Mr. In both the book and the movie, as you all know, the guests suddenly hear accusations on a gramophone record. I, too, absolutely love Rene Clair's movie version (I read the book long ago), but I have a question about something that drives me crazy. ![]()
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