Ripley: A Hard Man To Find Show Only
April 7, 2024 9:16 AM - Season 1, Episode 1 - Subscribe
A grifter named Ripley (Andrew Scott) living in 1960s New York is hired by a wealthy man to visit Italy and convince his son to come home. (8-episode mini-series, Netflix, 2024)
Reviews:
NPR: Netflix's stylish 'Ripley' stretches the grift — and the tension — to the max
Art Daily: The con man gets the art house treatment (in lieu of the same NYT paywalled article)
Vulture: The Remorseless Mr. Ripley: Andrew Scott’s phenomenal take on Patricia Highsmith’s con man anchors a deliciously mean adaptation.
Reviews:
NPR: Netflix's stylish 'Ripley' stretches the grift — and the tension — to the max
Art Daily: The con man gets the art house treatment (in lieu of the same NYT paywalled article)
Vulture: The Remorseless Mr. Ripley: Andrew Scott’s phenomenal take on Patricia Highsmith’s con man anchors a deliciously mean adaptation.
I have no idea what this is about, but it is indeed gorgeous, and has me hooked.
posted by 2N2222 at 7:32 PM on April 7
posted by 2N2222 at 7:32 PM on April 7
Absolutely fascinating and enthralling. adrianhon is exactly right about the look. I'm not sure if it is an artifact of the black & white cinematography or some other technique/effect, but I feel like I am watching real people, not actors. It's almost disconcerting at times (Ripley's first meeting with Mr. Greenleaf in particular), but in a way that delightfully enhances the tension in every line.
Su! Su! Su!
posted by Rock Steady at 7:54 AM on April 8
Su! Su! Su!
posted by Rock Steady at 7:54 AM on April 8
I love that the show decides the Italian we here in this episode needs no translation. Like Ripley, we will work out the code pretty quickly. So "Su! Su! Su!" indeed then "Giù!, Giù!, Giù!"
Atrani: beautiful, vertiginous yet rather bleak, isolated and empty looking despite the sun - is like a character in its own right.
posted by rongorongo at 10:37 PM on April 15
Atrani: beautiful, vertiginous yet rather bleak, isolated and empty looking despite the sun - is like a character in its own right.
posted by rongorongo at 10:37 PM on April 15
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posted by adrianhon at 12:55 PM on April 7 [4 favorites]