I'm surprised nobody left a comment, for the topic looked enticing: building a whole story upon something every body assumed to be obvious or unquestionnable, but is not, like Agatha Christie in "Mr Akroyd Murder" (if it is the English title).
That's a really good plot device, indeed, and maybe not so difficult to do, since only one original idea is enough to build up the surprise at the end; there is something like that in "Long Shadows" from ...heck, the lady of Files Forty (Jan, Jane...?)I always thought the outcome extremely clever.
Unfortunately I can't discuss the film that is not even released in France.
Hi, Francis. You see how often I check my LJ. The Agatha Christie novel you mentioned is, I believe, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," where the murderer turns out to be the narrator. That was a first in the mystery world.
I hope you will see the movie when it opens or is available on DVD in France.
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That's a really good plot device, indeed, and maybe not so difficult to do, since only one original idea is enough to build up the surprise at the end; there is something like that in "Long Shadows" from ...heck, the lady of Files Forty (Jan, Jane...?)I always thought the outcome extremely clever.
Unfortunately I can't discuss the film that is not even released in France.
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I hope you will see the movie when it opens or is available on DVD in France.
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