Jan 6 movie: Ripley's Game. I enjoyed this, but I think I probably would have enjoyed it more if I'd had more context. I've never read Highsmith's Ripley novels or seen any of the other movies. This one, based on the third book, might have been a bad place to start. I had a hard time understand what Ripley was about & why he acted the way he did. I think I would have been better off starting with one of the movies based on the first book, which from what I hear explores how the character became who he was. That said, Ray Winstone was excellent as usual, and John Malkovich plays a sociopath almost disturbingly well.
I added Purple Noon and The American Friend to my Netflix queue. I'll be interested to see what I think of Ripley's Game after having seen other Ripley films.
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