This is a surprisingly strong and dark interpretation of Agatha Christie. In fact even TV versions of her novels I love - like David Suchet's Poirot - rarely come close to how cynical the real Agatha Christie as an author actually was about humanity. Some of her books are downright bone chilling for the nastiness of the characters considering how long ago they were written and ironically fans like me still cheer on the slightly toned down and charming, cozy PBS or A&E versions of Ms. Marple and Hercule Poirot.
The Witness for the Prosecution is a solid reminder of how the lurid Italian giallo sub-genre is ultimately a product of the original Agatha Christie novels from the early to mid 20th century. In Italy in the olden days mystery novels had yellow covers (giallo). Christie is not the only influence on the 1960s and 70s art house flicks but she's named more frequently as a giallo influence than Raymond Chandler etc.
I was actually a bit taken aback at ho dark this ended up being at the twist, but I have nothing but praise for this attempt.
The Witness for the Prosecution is a solid reminder of how the lurid Italian giallo sub-genre is ultimately a product of the original Agatha Christie novels from the early to mid 20th century. In Italy in the olden days mystery novels had yellow covers (giallo). Christie is not the only influence on the 1960s and 70s art house flicks but she's named more frequently as a giallo influence than Raymond Chandler etc.
I was actually a bit taken aback at ho dark this ended up being at the twist, but I have nothing but praise for this attempt.