ex cathedra: Catholic on the Orient Express

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Catholic on the Orient Express

Masterpiece Theatre's new version of Murder on the Orient Express has David Suchet as Poirot. A very different style and presentation for him. What is striking is his overt and unapologetic Catholicism, --with rosary in hand, he thanks God, in French, for being born a Catholic!--which plays a role in this crime solution, his attitude and its aftermath. This is a dark and cramped story, without the supercilious lightness of so many of the other Poirot tales, and his moral mood is similar. Surprising and impressive.

Update. A "making of" film showed later, with Suchet --who was confirmed in the Anglican Church several years ago--riding the contemporary Orient Express. Included among the interviewed riders, two men...on their honeymoon. Suchet: "How splendid. Congratulations." Times change.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: "Catholic on the Orient Express" is the right response in a legitimate royal state to "Islam on the Occident Express"?; 6:24 PM, July 12, 2010

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