Every scene is stunning to look at. My other half thinks it would have been better in colour but I disagree.
Eh?
Yea it wouldnt have been as good in colour. It has a noir feel to it because of the black and white.
Its a tv show based on a fiction book. Jesus wept.
I'm curious about this, having by chance read the book earlier this year. The sun, tanned bodies and carefree life by the beach etc are meant to be a stark contrast to Ripley's dreary and squalid New York life, so filming in black and white risks changing the dynamic by giving it all an austere feel.
Yeah, it certainly makes the beach life look a lot less vivid. Although that’s much less of a feature in this version. It all feels a lot more urban.
I might give it a watch anyway. Sounds like they made it much gayer than the book though, which was more ambiguous.
I don’t think it’s any less ambiguous. You could watch the whole thing and convince yourself that Ripley isn’t gay.
I don't care if he is or isn't, just liked the suggestions that he was a psychopath wanting to be him, eg wearing his clothes, rather than bang him.I think they've written it pretty well. It's never explicit, although it's always implied... but you're always left wondering how much of it is him sublimating his sexual desire and how much of it is pure sociopathic manipulation. Very Lacan-esque in that desire is a foundational & universal basis of human existence that manifests through desire for money, public status & sex while not being rooted in any of those things.
Yeah, @Jippy , that’s what I was about to say
Oh I didn’t know this was based on the Talented Mr Ripley. Will give the show a watch over the weekend and report back.
Good man! Look forward to your review.
That's good to hear and far more intelligently put than I could ever muster. I'm glad they've kept in that ambiguity. One thing I read made out that they'd made Ripley really camp rather than the multi-layered character he is.
Yeah I bet. I had to google Lacan.