Slant Magazine
Its mechanical aesthetic suggests that rather than having to sublimate what remorse Tom Ripley might feel toward his actions, he simply doesn't experience any.
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Blazing Sun (Purple Noon)
Golden Globe nominee Alain Delon (The Leopard) stars in this French crime thriller adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Sent to France to persuade a wealthy Frenchman (Maurice Ronet, The Champagne Murders) to return to San Francisco to take over the family business, Tom Ripley (Delon) instead finds himself coveting the Frenchman's life and hatches a plan to steal his identity.
Less1960Rating: PG, The content is mild in impact115 minsFrance, ItalyFrench, Italian and English with English subtitles
CrimeThrillerWorld Cinema
- Director:
- René Clément ('Forbidden Games', 'The Battle of the Rails', 'Lovers, Happy Lovers!')
- Writer:
- René ClémentPaul Gégauff
- Cast:
- Alain DelonMaurice RonetMarie LaforêtErno CrisaFrank LatimoreBilly KearnsAve NinchiViviane Chantel
Blazing Sun (Purple Noon) | Reviews
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The Guardian
Delon is a terrifically good in the role: his almost unearthly perfection is creepy itself, as if he is imitating a human being.
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The Telegraph
Highsmith had some doubts about the ending, which feels less daring than the one in her book, but there's a clever irony to it Hitchcock would have appreciated.
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Total Film
Tempering Hitchcockian intent with the experimentalism of the French New Wave, the result is as seductive as it is suspenseful: a bracing study of amorality.
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Time Out
It's Delon - impossibly beautiful, impossible to read, cold, cool - who steals the film.
Full reviewBlazing Sun (Purple Noon) | Release Details
Blazing Sun (Purple Noon) is now playing in 2 cinemas in Australia.