1905 movie network news On November 13th, the trailer of the latest embarrassing comedy series directed by Xú Zhēng was exposed, and the film will be officially released on the first day of next year.
This trailer also unveiled the mystery of this film story. Xú Zhēng stepped on the K3 train to Russia with his mother. Inside and outside the carriage, Xú Zhēng was constantly encountering accidents: her mother was feeding and asking questions, Yolanda was bombed by telephone, and Xú Zhēng even staged a thrilling scene of ripping off the train. A six-day and six-night train adventure was about to start.
Lost in Russia’s storyline mainly takes place on the K3 train, which can be said to be a film that is narrated in the closed space of the train. There are also many films with this theme in the history of film, mostly disasters, suspense, crimes and other types of films, which can be traced back to the westerns directed by Edwin Porter in 1903. Next, Xiao Dianjun will take stock of some classic train/train closed space movies.
1. Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a detective novel written by British writer agatha christie based on a real case. It has also been adapted into film and television works for many times, the most famous being the film of the same name directed by sidney lumet in 1974 and the remake of kenneth branagh in 2017.
The story tells that Belgian detective Poirot investigated a murder case on the luxury train "Orient Express" and finally found the real murderer among twelve suspects.
The 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, and now it has become a recognized classic in film history. Murder on the Orient Express, directed and performed by kenneth branagh, assembled luxury lineups such as Penélope Cruz Sánchez , willem dafoe, Judi Dench and Johnny Depp. After its release, the global box office performance was amazing, with a cost of $55 million, which earned more than $350 million. However, the overall word-of-mouth was negatively evaluated.
2. The Missing Lady & The Stranger of the Train
Hitchcock, a suspense master, is very good at confined space movies. In his works, The Missing Lady and The Stranger of the Train are both suspense films that take place on the train.
The former focuses on the bizarre disappearance on the train, but highlights the elements of romantic comedy, while the latter shows the horrible murder on the train, which is a film noir full of thriller atmosphere.
3. Dangerous Speed
Dangerous Speed is adapted from a real event in Ohio in 2001, directed by Tony Scott and co-starring Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. and chris pine.
This disaster action film tells the story of a train mechanic (Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.) who was ordered to retire early and a young train conductor (chris pine) who tried to stop an unmanned train full of dangerous chemicals to stop it from going to a densely populated town, causing casualties.
4. The Escape Train
The Escape Train was directed by Russian director andrei konchalovsky, and the script originated from Japanese movie master Kurosawa. The plot describes that in a prison in the northwest of the United States, Manny, a repeat offender, decided to escape from prison after being tortured, and Baker, whose sentence was about to expire, was dragged into the water and boarded a freight train bound for Alaska to escape from prison. When they thought they were done, the train went out of control and was forced to go to the end of the car crash.
The film was not only shortlisted in the main competition of Cannes Film Festival, but also nominated for three Oscars, including best actor. The film was rated as "Prison Break" by later audiences.
5. The Three Stages of the Train
There are not only stories about murder, suspense, disaster and science fiction that happen on the train, but also art films are created in the narrow space of the train.
The Three Stages of the Train is a collection of short films shot by three artists, abbas kiarostami, ken loach and ermanno olmi. The film sets three stories in a one-way train from Western Europe to Rome, showing the emotional relationship between people and uncovering social problems.
6. world without thieves
There are also movies based on the train space in domestic films, among which world without thieves is a classic.
Based on Zhao Benfu’s novel of the same name and starring Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You and Wang Baoqiang, the film tells the story of a pair of pickpocket partners fighting with another pickpocket gang on a train in order to realize the wish of a migrant worker named silly root "world without thieves".
It is reported that at that time, the crew spent millions of yuan to build a "train", about 40 meters long, with four carriages: soft sleeper, hard sleeper, dining car and hard seat. The main story of the film took place in these four carriages.