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Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)
Faithful adaptation
27 January 2023
Unbelievably faithful adaption of the. Robert van Gulik novel- something as rare in the seventies as it is today. Many of the lines of dialogue taken directly from the novel. The tone and the pacing completely authentic, and Khigh Dhiegh, playing Judge Dee, exactly mimics the exacting nature that character exhibits in the novels, down to side glances and puzzled looks, which often led to eventual brilliant insights into crimes. It would be nice to have been a fly on the wall during production meetings , because there was definitely someone in control who was a real enthusiast of the Dee books. Even with the patchy quality of the video it was a pleasure watching.
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