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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