THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999)

THE FILM

FILM DIRECTOR: Anthony Minghella

SCREENWRITER: Anthony Minghella

FILM STARS: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall

COUNTRY: USA

THIS BOOK

AUTHOR: Patricia Highsmith

TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Vintage

THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1999

COUNTRY: Australia

COVER: Paperback

THE ORIGINAL BOOK

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above

YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1955

ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title

NOTES

GENRE: Drama, Crime

WORDS: Patricia Highsmith, perhaps the greatest of the female crime (specifically psychological thrillers – she also wrote “Strangers on a Train”) writers. The film by Minghella is (surprisingly) good though I still prefer the first film version of the book, Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) (1960), directed by (the great) Rene Clement in France, with Alain Delon. That captures the Mediterranean, the characters and the mid century mood perfectly

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