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Ripley and Dickie were supposed to be close to 40 in this adaption. It’s about 10 yrs after their college days where you see how they’ve been living or not living in Ripley’s case. It was by design. I believe they want to do the rest of the books. A Ripliad. Best to stay with one actor as the five books were published from 1955 to 1991. Then again, he may well be into his 60s by then. The 1999 movie and Purple Noon are also different from each other and the novel. Andrew Scott is really good as this version of Ripley.
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You mean the investigator hired by Dickie’s dad? The investigator, the dad, and Marge are convinced that Dickie killed himself so much so that Tom was gifted Dickie’s estate and of course, the ring, now not disputed. The only ones who are onto Tom at the end were Reeves Minot played by Malkovich (you see what happens to him in the next book Ripley’s Game) and for this series and not the novel, Inspector Ravini.
She’s not listed in IMDB as being in Part 2. And it makes sense as most of Part 1 is about getting rid of and replacing her. It was kind of like a memoriam - very respectful send off.
I did know and I had been waiting for it. It’s been out a year not in the US though. It’s very good and it’s very enjoyable. Yes, not great. Similar to Match Point but much lighter and not that kind of a thriller. Yet better than most movies today. He says he’s on the fence about doing another film and it’s all about trying to get money to make the film and getting it released. So hopefully he’ll keep making movies because that is what he’s really good at.
I see this going on with other Ripley books. Tom’s conversation with Malkovich hints that. And that might be why the aging of the casting makes sense. All three versions were great and different in tone. The French one is the only one with the alternative ending to the book. Both this series and 1999 have the same ending.
In 1999, Damon’s Ripley is in love with Dickie. In the book, Ripley’s sex life is ambiguous. In this series, Tom is in love with Dickie’s life. Dickie is definitely not interested in men but there are instances where he thinks Tom is, i.e., the “purple” robe and the “daffodils” references. The cat and mouse part of this series is very Hitchcokian (Psycho) and it is actually the best part - that’s starts after episode 3. Don’t undermine the jazz in the 1999 film. American jazz was huge in Europe. The smoky cavelike bar shown when they went to San Remo and played Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano was one of the best scenes of that movie. Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker are gods. In this series, the Caravaggio additions are excellent. What a great storyline how Caravaggio’s life had elements of crime that get him in the end.
Never mentioned much but one of the greatest. Next to Splendor in the Grass, one of Natalie’s best. This was way ahead of its time. The chemistry of McQueen and Wood is incomparable. B/W movie in the 60s in NYC and the movie poster for this is fantastic (not the pic here for sure - it’s way more sensuous). Just a really good love story. There have been many discussions of McQueen on this website but it is always about The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, Towering Inferno - but nothing of this gem.
All 3 are great. But this is fantastic. More like the book. And completely different from both earlier movies. The B/W was genius. And who knows. This is a limited series. Maybe more of Ripley books will follow.
That’s because it was Alain Delon and with a completely different ending. With regard to Purple Noon (Plein soleil) that is.
This Ripley is truly diabolical. The casting is different. And he is older than late 20s. It’s intentional. Both are about 35. He reminds me of Robert Blake. Delon was beautiful looking. Damon naive looking. But I think this Ripley is closer to Highsmith’s novel. And the black and white is genius. Also, Tom’s way of life in NYC compared to his life in Atrani, Rome, Palermo, Venice. Well, you can see his motivation.
This is modern day film noir (chiaroscuro) at its best. It’s breathtaking. And unapologetic.
Is this what you think after you saw the movie or is this just James’ review? As for James, I wouldn’t give credence to many of his reviews, especially after his over-love of Avatar. Godzila/Kong was a very good and fun movie. The visuals are great and you are totally engrossed. People clapped at the end of the screening. Has to be seen at an IMAX. Notwithstanding James’ review, it was not a favorite of other critics but was with audience.
You’re forgetting William Holden (Sabrina) who was probably the love of her life and she his.
I saw Wait Until Dark a long time ago and was terrified. I loved Roat. A few months ago, I saw it at a theater and I wasn’t as terrified. I started wondering why Lisa, played by Samantha Jones, even gave the doll to Sam. Was she going to sell the heroin herself? Especially with Roat, a true psychopath, watching her at the airport. There was a whole bunch of stuff I started to question. It seems to me if they knew they were looking for a doll and Hepburn was being visited by this kid, that maybe the kid had the doll. There was something with the phone too. So much for watching an old movie. But Arkin was fantastic.
If McQueen hadn’t turned down those films - we wouldn’t have Eastwood as Dirty Harry, Stallone as Rambo, Redford in Sundance and that empire, Hackman as Popeye Doyle. BUT The Sorcerer really might have been something. In Tiffany’s - the original novella is completely different from the film adaptation. Axelrod’s script changes the character in the book that Peppard played. In the book “Fred” character was gay. I didn’t like Peppard in this. I always thought he was stiff and pompous, but I actually don’t think McQueen cast as a “writer” would be that good. He just had so much magnetism and he was irresistible in anything. Other contenders were Robert Wagner and Jack Lemmon. McQueen really wanted to go against type and fought for Thomas Crown. Norman Jewison had the screenwriter completely rewrite the script so there were fewer words to say. In this case, Sean Connery turned down this role and regretted it. McQueen died in 1980 at 50 so he didn’t make the 80s. When he was married to Neile McQueen, she chose a lot of his movies. He followed her suggestions for those great earlier movies. Their marriage fell apart when he did The Getaway and met Ali. That entire second marriage is when some of these other movies came up. He didn’t do Dirty Harry because he played a cop in Bullitt. Sundance - his never ending rivalry with Newman. Yet, both are in Towering Inferno. Finally. I think he chose Enemy of the People to try a classical actor’s work - maybe it was to show Ali, who was educated and privileged, and McQueen came up from a truly dysfunctional family. He said if he wasn’t in the home for juvenile delinquents which redirected his life that he would be a bum.
Hitchcock might not have wanted John Gavin for Psycho but I think he tried to get him for Topaz. Actually I don’t think he thought much of Gavin or Kim Novak for that matter as far as acting.
McQueen was the first choice for many things. He turned them down (like Dirty Harry, French Connection, Butch Cassidy, First Blood, Apocalypse Now, Sorcerer (Friedkin’s biggest regret was not agreeing to McQueen to bring Ali to the location with producer criedit)). With Breakfast at Tiffany’s he was unable to because of his TV contract. But the other thing was Truman Capote, who wrote Breakfast of Tiffany’s, wrote it with Marilyn Monroe in mind and was felt betrayed by Paramount when then cast Hepburn. So, Monroe and McQueen, a completely different movie.
I saw this series a few years ago - Season 1-4 and waited for 5 - the last season where the last two episodes were to be directed by a different director - Jacques Audiard. A fantastic director that the brilliant original creator/writer/director decided upon for the reason that he wanted someone new who was not emotionally attached - this I will never understand. But anyway, that implied there would be no Season 6.
I have a lot of questions about this series too. It is without a doubt one of the best series I have ever seen. It is very complex and a real thriller. I decided to see the whole thing again. I am not sure you will get this response because it is way after your initial posting.
The French solider wasn’t dropped. He was there to guide and protect Jonas while they were looking for jihadist No. 3. The notebook - JJA’s? The ending came full circle. My questions are completely different - if you are still around - I will ask you. But after seeing the whole thing again, I agree with the actor who played the main character, Malotru - this series could have kept going even replacing new agents with new legends as the ones we saw already had lived 2-3 lives (legends). As far as the main character, he wasn’t in the right place at the end. He would go on however. It would be interesting to see how. But the creator, you have to give him credit, knew when and how to end a series. He knew his ending. Unlike most US shows now, nothing ever ends even in death. So when you ask, “…I really would have liked was if they had built into the five seasons that the final outcome of the main character was planned from the start. hello”. Well they did do that. It ends at it starts. It was all planned.
Kind of like you with your name.
Who’s Kubitch?
No, they are two different movies with the same name. The Cold Light of Day (1996) has the same plot as The Pledge. A rogue detective is trying to find a killer of little girls. He notices that the girls who were killed were picked up near a highway and manipulates a mother and her young daughter to live near that highway. Sets up a swing and uses the child as bait to catch the killer. His plan is not far fetched. And then there’s the ending.
The German novel was written in 1958 and the author died in 1990. This story was done several times and even the writer hated some of the adaptations. This movie, The Pledge, is more faithful to the book. The wrier did not want the detective to achieve success and wanted what happened to him in this movie. But the one I liked better was The Cold Light of Day with Richard Grant, which many did not like. It was haunting and in its own way, much darker. It had the same tone as the Dutch/French movie The Vanishing, probably the most terrifying of all psychological thrillers.
I saw this a few years ago and I went crazy for it. I hadn’t seen anything like it. Some of the flashback scenes seem like they were from a classic movie of the 60s now on Criterion. There is another Russian series called The Method or Metod (2015) that was great. It was on Netflix actually a couple of years ago. Netflix stuff is mostly mediocre but this series was great. It’s no longer there tho. Yes, to the great international series very few people are watching.
Tony was extremely sexy. Women definitely loved him and he had a type. His long-suffering wife, Carmella, knew this. She was smart and he respected Carmella, but Gloria - the crazy one - he was deeply in love with her. Amour fou.
Here’s the timeline: Spade and the daughter arrive in France in 1955. The town has a history, like most places in France, of having been occupied by the Germans during the war. A lot of everything has to do with the French Resistance and those who conspired with the Nazis. We find out Gabrielle’s husband did. The movie fast-forwards 8 years - 1963. You see Spade visit the cemetery and you see the grave marker Gabrielle Spade dod 1961. So without saying anything, you know they got married and she died and he’s been there two years after her death. Then, in flashbacks, you get to know Gabrielle.
I actually agree with another poster here and you, it is a bit slow in some parts and I think just seeing one episode a week - it’s not the kind of series where you remember everyone. I often said to myself - who’s Marguerite or Gabrielle? Who is Philippe and Jean-Pierre? And then to complicate things - you find out who the French resistant fighters are and then comes those who participated in the Algerian War and those who hated de Gaulle. The pied noirs, those who were French but lived in Algeria, wanted Algeria to remain French. And that’s the reason for the OAS - the far right group who stood for this. And, then comes the story with hiding the kid and don’t forget, the weird couple, and the daughter and the nun massacre. I am going to wait until the last episode drops and watch the whole thing because it’s losing its cohesion for me being doled out bit by bit. But it is a really good production and fun to look it. The dialogue is fantastic.
Since the plot is a bit convoluted, it is more like Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep than Spade in The Maltese Falcon, which was easy to get. If they get the okay for a S2, I bet it will go back to San Francisco.
There’s no CGI with Clive. That’s him with a tan.