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Choirmaster John Jasper is obsessed with his nephew's fiancé. Will he take his opportunity to get rid of Edwin Drood?
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Le mystère d'Edwin Drood, Das Geheimnis des Edwin Drood, Мистерията на Едуин Друуд, 艾德温·德鲁德之谜, 德魯德疑案
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Based on the final unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, this two hour BBC production was an unknown quantity to me.
Although not a horror film this is certainly creepy and wonderfully Gothic in atmosphere with one or two moments that genuinely chill the blood. Following a slowish opening half hour the plot really opens up (No spoilers whatsoever in case anyone fancies a viewing) and i was gripped, by the hour mark i was totally immersed in what was happening and loving the deliciously Silas like performance by Matthew Rhys as the sinister Jack Jasper.
The cast features many classy Brit thesps such as Alun Armstrong, Julia Mckenzie, Ian McNeice and Rory Kinnear as well as a great performance from Sacha Dhawan.
Anyone who likes the series Ghost Stories for Christmas could do a lot worse than seek this out. I loved it.
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Adaptations of Dickens final novel are always going to be hampered by the fact that Dickens death before he had chance to complete it means we're never totally sure what he intended for the tale. As such, watching this otherwise fine and suitably dark and chilly adaptation, is never a totally satisfying experience.
That said, it would be churlish to find any real fault in the production. Indeed, one cannot fault Matthew Rhys as John Jasper, a beetle black presence suitably twitchy, menacing and foreboding as he walks the tightrope between the Victoria veneer of respectability and the violent white hot madness of his opium addiction.
Also of note is the wonderful Rory Kinnear giving another unassumingly fine performance as the kindly Rev. Septimus Crisparkle.
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absolutely horrible adaptation, speedruns the content of the book and makes the worst choices for the ending. kind of depressing how the characters in dicken's original 19th century novel deal with predatory behaviour way better than the people in this new adaption. at least the weird twists were funny
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Ahhh there's something so wonderfully wholesome about watching BBC/PBS productions! The crisp yet simple camerawork, the immaculately clean sets and costumes, the score that's somewhere between expensive Hollywood score and cheap iMovie music. It just makes me feel pure of heart, so perhaps I'll forever be biased watching these productions.
But I SWEAR my bias is aside when it comes to this film adaptation of Dickens' final novel that was published half-finished after he died. I recently read the book and while it's wittily and humorously written (if a tad overlong), this movie does the story justice by cutting away the majority of the humor and keeping it suspenseful and dark and moody and Gothic.
Most surprising is how BRILLIANTLY…
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Beautifully shot on a limited budget. Excellent, brooding, manic performance from Matthew Rhys
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Classy and creepy, with solid performances, moody atmosphere, and an effectively mysterious build to the solution.
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