The successful novel by Patricia Highsmith keeps haunting producers and directors. This is the fifth adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. I saw the Diman option.
The series consists of eight episodes in black and white. There is no point in retelling the plot, as it is well known to both viewers and readers, and it has not been distorted at all in the series.
Features of the series are that luxurious Italian landscapes, paintings in museums and cathedrals, interiors of rich apartments - all this in black and white. Therefore, the film is very gloomy and does not quite favorably affect the psyche of the viewer.
From each episode I was very tired and afraid to succumb to short-term depression. But the director has foreseen this, and the most “scary” episodes are accompanied by black humor, which is scattered in small doses throughout the series.
Irish actor Andrew Scott plays filigree, causes the viewer sympathy, which is completely contrary to the actions of his character. This circumstance also affects the viewer depressingly. Scott was recently seen in the Irish film We Are Strangers. He also has a psychologically complex image. But at Ripley, he's perfect.