Purple Noon - (René Clément;1960;France/Italy) - ***1/2
Tom Ripley kills his playboy friend while in Rome and takes his identity, however the facade proves to be difficult to keep.
I was surprisingly less impressed with my second viewing, but without a doubt this is still a great film. Out of place music and a butchered ending are the problems in this film. Otherwise, the cinematography is excellent, and Alain Delon's performance is dead-on for Tom Ripley. And fascinating, suspenseful, and Hitchcockian film.
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