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April 9, 2006
Ripley the Unavoidable
At Medmusing's suggestion, I post the following excerpt from a recent email exchange:
I have already reviewed The Talented Mr. Ripley and
Ripley's Game:
http://aging-disgracefully.com/blog/archives/2005/10/the_ripley_seri.html
http://aging-disgracefully.com/blog/archives/2005/10/ripleys_game_1.html
I would love to hear your reaction to either review.
There is another current Ripley film. I think that it is based on either
The Boy Who Followed Ripley or Ripley Under Ground. Barry Pepper plays
Ripley.
I have heard rumors that Kelsey Grammar may play Ripley, most likely in
a film adaptation of Ripley Under Water. That sort of makes sense, since
the novels are marked by an increasingly wry sense of humor as they move
along and in any case Ripley can be viewed as a sort of murderous
Frasier Crane.
I was prompted to order the books, and make the post, after re-watching
Ripley's Game the othe night. That was such a well done film. On my new
big flatscreen LCD it was so beautiful. I particularly love the scene
set to"The Host of the Seraphim" (normally I detest "contemporary
classical", but this is an exception), where the contrast between the
world of chaos, nastiness and violence in a preceding secene is so
effectively contrasted with the serene elegance of Ripley's domestic
life as he walks into his house in the rain. What a stunning choice of
music for that scene. (In case you are unfamiliar with "The Host of the
Seraphim", I threw the mp3 file into
http://www.aging-disgracefully.com/enoch/).
That movie was so well done, and so few Americans know of it. How could
Fine Line be so stupid as to not theatrically release it???
Posted by dag at April 9, 2006 7:42 PM