Ryan Gallagher
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This time on the podcast, Ryan is joined by James and David Blakeslee to chat about René Clément’s 1960 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley, Purple Noon (Plein Soleil)
About the film:
Alain Delon was at his most impossibly beautiful when Purple Noon was released and made him an instant star. This ripe, colorful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s vicious novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by the versatile René Clément, stars Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged, devil-may-care acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) back to the United States. What initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. Featuring gorgeous location photography of coastal Italy, Purple Noon is crafted with a light touch that allows it to be at once suspenseful and erotic, and it gave Delon the role of a lifetime.
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Episode Links
- Watch Purple Noon online | Hulu Plus
- Purple Noon (1960) – The Criterion Collection
- Purple Noon – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Purple Noon: In Broad Sunlight – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- “The Kind of Film You Make Passionately”: René Clément on Purple Noon – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- Ready for His Close-up – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- Amazon.com: Purple Noon (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
- CriterionCast • A closer look at the Criterion Collection cover…
- CriterionCast • The December 2012 Criterion Collection Blu-ray…
- Purple Noon Blu-ray
- Purple Noon Movie Review & Film Summary (1960) | Roger Ebert
- CriterionCast • Packaging shots of the upcoming Criterion…
- 5 Things We Learned from Criterion’s Stunning Blu-Ray of René Clément’s ‘Purple Noon’ Starring Alain Delon | The Playlist
Episode Credits
- Ryan Gallagher (Twitter / Website)
- James McCormick (Twitter / cineAWESOME / Hopeful Romantics)
- Travis George (Twitter)
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