Film Screening: Purple Noon December 18, 2008

(PLEIN SOLEIL, René Clément, France/Italy 1960, 112 min., French/Italian/subtitles)

Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley was first adapted for this stylish European thriller starring the elegant Alain Delon as the sociopathic criminal Tom Ripley. Ripley assumes the identity of spoiled, wealthy playboy Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) after being hired by Greenleaf’s father to bring him home. Henri Decae’s color cinematography is dazzling, and the Italian and Mediterranean locations are sumptuous.

Official Website: http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/films/purple-noon/