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Alain Delon vs Matt Damon – Who’s the per­fect Tom Ripley?

25 Feb 2020

Words by Leigh Singer

Shirtless man steering ship's wheel on open sea
Shirtless man steering ship's wheel on open sea
A side-by-side analy­sis of Pur­ple Noon and The Tal­ent­ed Mr Rip­ley, as adapt­ed from Patri­cia Highsmith’s 1955 novel.

How do you like your mur­der­ous anti-hero: a cal­cu­lat­ing preda­tor who cal­cu­lates and manip­u­lates those in his way; or a guilt-rid­den lit­tle boy lost often seem­ing vic­tim as much as perpetrator?

In the lat­est episode of our Remake/​Remodel video essay series, Leigh Singer cross-exam­ines René Clément’s sleek 1960 crime dra­ma Pur­ple Noon and Antho­ny Minghella’s 1999 update The Tal­ent­ed Mr Rip­ley, both adapt­ed from Patri­cia Highsmith’s clas­sic psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller.

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So, who’s your favourite Tom Rip­ley – Alain Delon or Matt Damon? Watch the full video below and share your thought with us @LWLies

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