The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna. 　　The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator, 　　the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination. 　　Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.

The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna. 　　The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator, 　　the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination. 　　Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.

故事是发生在1895年的加拿大，主人公默多克是个年轻英俊的侦探，他的破案手段在当时看来都是非传统的，但却破获了一宗又一宗案件，他的上司虽然对他破案手法不屑一顾，但每次破案后又对自己有这么一个下属感到沾沾自喜，但病理学家却对默多克的破案手法很是欣赏，同时为他破案也提供很多 帮助，而默多克也对她日渐迷恋，但又难以启齿。

本剧是加拿大Shaftesbury制片公司于2004年推出的一套以神探默多克为主角的电视剧，共三集，单集片长为九十分钟左右，相当于一部电视电影的长度，而非央视八套近期播出的2008年电视剧版本。

《神探默多克》是由加拿大Citytv电视台于2008年开始播放的电视剧。故事背景是发生在1895的加拿大，主人公默多克是个年轻英俊的侦探，他的破案手段在当时看来都是非传统的，但却破获了一宗又一宗案件，他的上司虽然对他破案手法不屑一顾，但每次破案后又对自己有这么一个下属感到沾沾自喜，但病理学家却对默多克的破案手法很是欣赏，同时为他破案也提供很多帮助，而默多克也对她日渐迷恋，但又难以启齿。@www.vv4.cc

Poirot pays what appears to be a routine visit to Dr. Morley, his dentist, but shortly after he leaves the clinic, the doctor is found dead with a gunshot wound to his temple, an apparent suicide. Poirot suspects foul play, and all those who entered the doctor's offices after Poirot left are suspect. They include Alaistair Blunt, a prominent and very influential bank director, Frank Carter, a young fascist thug with a personal grudge against Morley, Mr. Amberiotis, an enigmatic recent arrival from India suffering from a toothache, and Mabelle Sainsbury-Seale, a charity worker also recently returned from India. When Amberiotis is found dead in his hotel room from an overdose of Novocaine and Sainsbury-Seale disappears, Poirot rightly expands his list of suspects and connects the crime to events that occurred in India 12 years earlier.

Poirot pays what appears to be a routine visit to Dr. Morley, his dentist, but shortly after he leaves the clinic, the doctor is found dead with a gunshot wound to his temple, an apparent suicide. Poirot suspects foul play, and all those who entered the doctor's offices after Poirot left are suspect. They include Alaistair Blunt, a prominent and very influential bank director, Frank Carter, a young fascist thug with a personal grudge against Morley, Mr. Amberiotis, an enigmatic recent arrival from India suffering from a toothache, and Mabelle Sainsbury-Seale, a charity worker also recently returned from India. When Amberiotis is found dead in his hotel room from an overdose of Novocaine and Sainsbury-Seale disappears, Poirot rightly expands his list of suspects and connects the crime to events that occurred in India 12 years earlier.

东京大学毕业的高材生伊达邦彦（松田优作 饰）曾是战地记者，短短几年间走过无数战场，拍摄了大量的照片。从报社退出后，伊达担当翻译为生。精神的空虚和早年在战场上受的创伤，让他无法忍受行尸走肉般的优渥生活，虽然期间邂逅同样喜欢古典音乐的OL华田令子（小林麻美 饰），伊达却始终无法打开心门。 　　筹划干出轰动事件的伊达先袭击了警察和黑帮，劫走手枪和三千万日元，之后与在同学会上结识的侍应生真田（鹿贺丈史 饰）结成二人组，图谋抢劫东洋银行的四亿日元巨款。而另一方面，独行警官柏木（室田日出男 饰）因射杀警察案件，将嫌疑犯锁定在伊达身上…… 　　改编自大藪春彦同名小说。