Netflix's adaptation of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley,' titled 'Ripley,' offers a fresh take on the story with stunning black-and-white cinematography by Robert Elswit. The series explores Tom Ripley's character as a 40something grinder, portrayed as a psychopath suited for social media. The show, set in Rome, Venice, Sicily, and the Amalfi Coast, stands out for its unique sense of thrill and features a magnificent scene in Episode 3 showcasing Ripley's limitless nature. 'Ripley' presents the character as a manipulative and pitiless con man, emphasizing his desperate loneliness and turning him into a sympathetic and tragic figure. The series delves into the complexity of Tom Ripley, portraying him as a blank slate onto which filmmakers and audiences project their cultural moments.
Netflix's 'Ripley' is full of Caravaggio references — here's why https://t.co/5LQ1TCQ8Hu
How could you possibly improve on 1999's "The Talented Mr. Ripley?"
“Even the best directors have quailed at [Patricia Highsmith]’s audaciousness, her flouting of moral certainties, her lack of interest in psychological explanations,” Susannah Clapp wrote in 1999, in advance of Anthony Minghella’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”https://t.co/zBq96bCtVN
Who is Tom Ripley? A criminal? A climber? A sociopath? A look at the new series and the past movies suggests something more fascinating: He’s a blank slate onto which filmmakers (and audiences) have projected their cultural moments, our critic writes. https://t.co/3BDAa1qSJD
I wrote about how Anthony Minghella turned The Talented Mr. Ripley into a heightened study of loneliness, and successfully pulled off the trick of making Highsmith's uncanny almost-human into a sympathetic and tragic figure. https://t.co/erWl2gji2y
As Andrew Scott gives us another manipulative and pitiless con man, @BroganJMorris revisits 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, which stands out by giving the character a desperate loneliness: https://t.co/EGgvhcetpW
The unique sense of thrill in #Ripley can be distilled into one magnificent scene from Episode 3. It’s a brutal, beautiful showcase of a man with no limits, one of art’s most alluring antiheroes. https://t.co/fOM2DIVBda
Tom Ripley is a psychopath made for social media | Peter Bradshaw https://t.co/YnjXE4dI3L
on Ripley, which turns Patricia Highsmith’s 20something striver into a 40something grinder https://t.co/NUsH7R4LWg
In a first for an adaptation of “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Netflix’s “Ripley” went to Rome, Venice, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast and didn’t bring color film. https://t.co/MLJK1oPngr
Steve Zaillian’s #Ripley is a fascinating new take on the Tom Ripley story. It’s not a remake of Minghella’s film, but a bold reinterpretation. It also has some of the most gorgeous B&W cinematography I’ve seen in some time. Robert Elswit’s work is nothing short of stunning. https://t.co/bhToA6h0Pw