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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) (Patreon)

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2025-02-04 01:07:35
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Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, Philip Baker Hall

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Mr Ripley

Comments

Actuarial Lurker

Excellent! Written by Anthony Minghella who also wrote The English Patient, Truly Madly Deeply, and Cold Mountain

Stephanie Bedworth

I definitely want to watch this later, but I need to make sure I'm emotionally prepared. LOL

Actuarial Lurker

This starts off in 1958 NYC so just before the setting of Mad Men which started in 1960- so interesting to compare the period pieces portrayal of the pretty rich ad men to the uber rich people in this film. The people in this film would be like the ones Don Draper ran into when he ran off with Joy in California and hung out with her Dad and the other "tax exiles" and left Pete hanging at the Defense Contractor convention

Actuarial Lurker

So who is creepier Matt Damon playing a serial killer or "Meth Damon" playing Todd in Breaking Bad. Still think Todd is worse but as you rightly point out Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is similar but since we don't know what's real...there is no way Matt Damon doesn't off 2-3 more people since he seems to have a witness or loose end each time he gets rid of the prior one

Actuarial Lurker

Some of the mixed reviews were for the "gay killer" trope...this came out in 1999....Jude Law was nominated for 1999-2000 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award but lost, Matt Damon was snubbed, Minghella was nominated for 1999-2000 Best Adapted Screenplay but lost, Law won the 2000 BAFTA Supporting Actor for this and Cate Blanchett was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA Supporting Actress but lost, Matt Damon was nominated for a 2000 Golden Globe for this role but lost, Phillip Seymour Hoffman won the 2000 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor for this role. The 1999-2000 Oscars competition was fierce: Best Picture nominees were American Beauty that won, Cider House Rules, The Green Mile. The Insider and The Sixth Sense; Best Director nominees were Sam Mendes for American Beauty, Lasse Hallestrom for Cider House Rules, Spike Jonze for Being John Malkovich, Michael Mann for The Insider, and M. Night Shyamalan for The Sixth Sense, Best Actor nominees were Kevin Spacey who won for American Beauty, Russel Crowe for The Insider etc etc Other nominated 1999 films were The Matrix....

Kasra Salehi

God this movie is excellent. So rare to get so many actors at the prime of their career each having amazing performances. Top tier 90s movie for sure and even got a 4/4 from Roger Ebert

Roland Cooke

The recent Netflix adaptation is wonderful.

Sunkrish Bala

Would LOVE to see you kids react to the Ripley miniseries on Netflix. SO different but some noteworthy performance...and literally every shot looks like a painting.

Michael Soukup

I’m glad it seemed like you guys enjoyed it. Every time I watch it I am amazed all over again at how beautifully crafted the film is. Perfect even

Michael Soukup

It was only nominated for 5 Oscars instead of the dozen it deserved. I’m glad you appreciated Gwyneth Paltrow as I think she is an amazing actress and I’ll overlook you dragging her at the start of your discussion 😏

Michael Soukup

I think the prior version of the story to watch is “Purple Noon” from 1960 starring Alain Delon as Ripley.

Youtalkingtome
>>163529264

We definitely didn't mean to drag! We love Gwyneth, even the greatest actors can have films where they are off.

Youtalkingtome
>>163511436

I remember hearing about it before it dropped and then nothing! Not even sure when it officially came out

Youtalkingtome
>>163508521

Matt Damon was unnerving in this. Right up there with Patrick Bateman. Todd in BB is absolutely the worst though

Michael Soukup
>>163518024

Well, they cast a 45 year old actor as Ripley so there must be some changes 😀. I haven’t seen it but I would be curious as to the changes. I probably won’t give it a watch because I find the version flawless.

Toc
>>163529379

.....and Claude Chabrol's "Les Biches" (1968)!

Toc

Man oh man, you guys have been killing it with great movie choices!

UnKay

I have a random question, not sure where else to ask. For watchalong, are people usually getting their own copy via rental, owning, or streaming?

Chris Warner

I love this movie, it is so beautiful and Hoffman has one of the great introductions that portrays his entire character before he even reaches Dickie. The only other Tom Ripley adaptation I have seen is Ripley's Game starring John Malkovich which I enjoyed but not as much as this. Roger Ebert said that Malkovich's performance was closest to what he imagined when reading the novels and was his favourite of the four movies.

Youtalkingtome
>>163551337

I can only speak for us: if a film isn't streaming for free on a service we subscribe to, we usually end up renting it on Amazon or Apple.

Youtalkingtome
>>163552289

I had no idea it had been adapted so many times. Hoffman was so good in this. and yes, we knew exactly who Freddy was 30 seconds after showing up on screen. Such great work!

UnKay
>>163551337

Yeah I meant more everyone else, but I'll assume they're doing the same as wherever it's available.

DelGuy03

[Deep breath.] This is pretty much my favorite movie of the last 40 or 50 years. When I saw in a theater shortly after it opened, I was completely in a trance, almost unbroken from beginning to end; this never happens to me. The perfect way the script, direction, acting, and overall craftsmanship worked together made it a singular experience. (I'm not as inclined as you guys to be immediately judgmental or apply a "psychopath" label.) This felt like the story of certain brief episodes in my life: unexpectedly being invited into a charmed sunlit inner circle, feeling special and "chosen," and then being ejected. And when that happened, I felt helpless and murderous. The difference is that the feeling soon passed, never to be acted on or even much remembered. I've never seen that process of longing to "belong," and its aftermath, so well captured on film.

DelGuy03

This is a real transformation of the book. Tom is much less "innocent" as Patricia Highsmith wrote him; he's already a small-time criminal, always with a plausible social surface. There's no Meredith character (Minghella invented her to clarify the class element that's so important). And Tom in the book goes about his crimes much more dispassionately, where the movie Tom always feels (rightly or not) backed into a corner with no way out... until he sees no other way to solve his dilemma on the boat than to eliminate Peter, the person with whom he's finally, contrary to his pessimism about himself, found a true relationship.

DelGuy03

Looking back, I recall that I went to the movie with some skepticism about Matt Damon. I hadn't seen him in anything, but he seemed to be yet another instance of Hollywood declaring a Hot New Star every year, sometimes on the basis of very little talent. But my goodness, he gave an astonishing performance in this -- so many layers of personality and emotion -- and I knew that I'd been wrong, and he was a top-level real actor. I think it's still his finest performance. By the way, Joe: if you do get the DVD or Blu-Ray, listen to the director commentary. I think it's one of the all-time best there is, a real master class in great film directing, point by point. All the extras are first-rate, in fact. (Though the complete music video of Matt Damon's "My Funny Valentine" is for some reason only on the DVD.)

Youtalkingtome
>>163609551

Great read on the dynamics on the characters. I think we picked up that something was wrong with Tom pretty early on. I did have empathy in the beginning but the level of lying was just insane. He tells a lie in almost every single scene in this movie.

Youtalkingtome
>>163610578

I ordered it and it will be here in a few days!! I will absolutely listen to the commentary. I've really enjoyed the run of Matt Damon movies we've done. Such a talented actor.

Actuarial Lurker
>>163508956

I hated The Cider House Rules and while American Beauty was visually stunning, to me it was a bit pretentious.

Simon Rogers

Great that you came into this without knowing that it was a thriller. It was exactly the same for me and it was amazing. Btw you MUST watch The English Patient it's a phenomenal film.

Sunkrish Bala
>>163518024

YES same novel... but it's remarkable how different the vibes/themes are... I was genuinely surprised throughout--- despite having seen the film. I think the biggest change for me is how I was kinda rooting for Tom Ripley in the film and against him in the series.