In the early 1970′s, young director Martin Scorsese was still struggling to make his mark. At that time, just after the release of ‘Boxcar Bertha’, Scorsese had started displaying his talent, but it was the release of ‘Mean Streets’ in 1973 that moved the director much ahead in his career as a director. The movie, [...]
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Agatha Cristie had started with her first book published in 1920 (The mysterious affair at Styles), and wrote a number of books during her career. 2 of her main characters were the detectives – Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, but she also had novels that did not have these 2 characters. One of these was [...] The late 60′s and early 70′s was the time when Martin Scrocese was making his initial movies, the time when he started to develop a reputation. It was a lesson for the young director, imparted by producer Roger Corman, who had helped other directors such as Coppola and James Cameron to also start their careers. [...] In 1920, a phenomenon showed up in the literary world, by the name of Agatha Christie. She soon became a prolific creator of detective novels, and created 2 incredible characters in the shape of Hercule Poirot (the egoistical Belgian detective) and Miss Marple (the elderly spinster). It was in this novel (written in 1916 and [...] |
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