The Two Faces of January. I watched it the same day I finished the book. I should double-up like that more often. (I liked the movie more.)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley. I had to re-watch after reading the appreciation in Bright Lights. Like Drive, this is one of those movies where I go in thinking, “I’ll just watch the opening 20 minutes or so, then skip around a bit”, and then an hour later I haven’t moved… Tom is even more pitiful than I remembered. Dickie is even more of an asshole. I can’t help but find Marge adorable–such a sunny, blank foil to the other two. Freddie is one of those characters you root for and also find kind of insufferable (Hoffman!). I still think Plein Soleil is a bit better.
Bright Lights Film Journal :: The Complex Art of Murder: On The Talented Mr. Ripley
Great appreciation for a great film. The Talented Mr. Ripley was kind of a wake-up call for me. I think I saw Magnolia around the same time. I was 17. Like there was something different about the way these movies were good and strange that I hadn’t seen before and didn’t really have a reference for.
Bright Lights Film Journal :: The Complex Art of Murder: On The Talented Mr. Ripley