The basic idea of ”Columbo” is misleading: there has been a murder, and the Los Angeles Police Department’s dog and the friendly lieutenant in Columbo are in the case, always solving the case at the end of the episode. Spinning is how almost every episode turns out, as the audience learns who is the murderer before Columbo has even appeared. Most Columbo episodes are about 75 minutes long, and about 15 of these minutes are devoted to learning the situation and understanding why someone will do murder before they commit the dirty act. Essentially, the delay in each episode causes a miracle of how Columbenni will perceive his career, so the show belongs to the “whodunit” mystery lower jersey, but “Howcatchem”.
Another crook of “Columbo” history is that the first two episodes are considered to be separate single TVs, mainly two separate episodes of the pilot, one of which was shown in 1968 and the other-1971. in the spring. When Steven Spielberg retreated behind the camera at the age of 24, he led what was about the book “Columbo, which is intended”. “Although the show was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, Steven Bočko wrote Murder By the Book. If this name calls call, it should continue to write or produce performances like” La Law “,” Nypd Blue “and” Hill Street Blues “. Although no one said (without loud controversial) that “murder at the book” goes down as the biggest thing done by one of these Steven, it is very easy to watch the episode and see the seeds of greatness, especially in the direction of Spielberg.
The story “The murder with the book” is around a couple of authors – Ken Franklin and Jim Ferris (Jack Casidy and Martin Milner, respectively). They have successfully written Miss Marple-Esque’s detective novel series for years, but Jim is ready to work on his projects without Kena. Ken is excited about this because he has enjoyed a certain type of lifestyle provided by the success of books … which he has not really written much for a very long time. So, to go away with a pretty insurance policy, he fascinates Jim to quiet his cabin, where he kills his partner and tries to fram it on some unseen gangsters, stating that Jim conducts a study on a book that criminals wanted not to publish. Of course, such things are not easy. Ken must soon be killed by a local store owner, who (a) has a great sympathy for him and b) realizes that Ken killed his co -author and wants to blackmail him as a privilege to be his lover.
The basic elements of almost every “ColumCo” episode are present in the “murder of the book”, and how it is visually shown, feels both the Spielbergian and the effective template, how the show will look in the next episodes and seasons. One of the critical, but often unrealized “Columbo” aspects is that almost every episode serves as a comment on the class in the 70s. The Columbo himself, so skillfully played by Peter Falcus, is the living embodiment of the word “Rumpled” with a raincoat that looks as if it were launched several times, a crumpled haircut and a seemingly inability to remember what he put in his pocket. (Falka’s amazing show is even more remarkable when you understand He wasn’t even the first choice To play character.) Contrary to his suspects, one of the most expensive members of the Los Angeles Society. Here it is a high -quality author, but in the next episodes would be Columbo facing NFL -style general manager, the world -famous orchestra conductor (played by Falca’s longtime friend John Casset) and the deputy chief of the police, among other things. Along with the appearance and appearance of episodes, the suspect and capturing building tensions and the epic, grand scale are served on the background of Los Angeles, all of which, as Spielberg, so convincingly uses these compositions in this first episode.
