Watched Plein Soleil (1960) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) in the span of three days. Sent me into the stratosphere, left me foaming at the mouth etc
so thankful for your ripleyposting. he is like a worm or a weevil and his particular brand of charming awfulness is totally missing from the movie
totally! like matt damon really embodies the meek/bashful aspect of ripley but i think when he plays that it misses the fact that, thats really an act. like movie ripley makes all these stupid mistakes that book ripley would never make, because he's meticulous and cunning, and when he DOES screw up, it's like the universe is in his favor because he always gets away with it! the little weevil that dared...