Talk:The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)

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Contents 1 Chiesa della Martorana 2 errors 3 Errors 4 New pictures? 5 Mr Ripley? 6 Have you never seen the movie? 7 No mention of his sexuality? 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Talented mr ripley.jpg

[edit] Chiesa della Martorana

I've written a brief article on this church and corrected the wiki link. Ta dah! :o)Iamlondon 21:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] errors

If you find so many errors on the "Talented Mr. Ripley" page, why don't you correct them with the right plot summary and differences between the movie and the book. Thank you. Dprevot 19:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Errors

I wanted to point out the errors, made I am sure in good faith. I think it a pity that my comments have been removed as it stilmulates dialog. I cannot make changes - the review is that of the original reviewer, not mine. Was it you who removed the list of errors?

I believe anyone can edit an article. Just look for the "edit this page" tab while viewing any article in the Wikipedia library. You can edit some or all of the article if you so desire, I believe that is one of the main reasons Wikipedia was established as "the free encyclopedia" so that anyone, and I do mean anyone (including you), could edit, change, correct or start a whole new article ====altogether.

[edit] New pictures?

Can someone please find some new pictures to add to this article (i.e. some non-copyrighted images of the movie itself [if they exist]). Thank you.

[edit] Mr Ripley?

Is the main character actually Tom Ripley, or is the real Tom Ripley the guy at the start that lended Matt Damon the jacket? 121.72.14.221 00:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Have you never seen the movie?

Listen, Tom Ripley is the main character in the movie. He is actually Tom Ripley. The guy who lends Matt Damon the jacket is someone he befriended through Fran (the girl whom he claims is his fiancée in the 1999 movie).

--Actually, that's a legitimate question. It's never stated in the film that he's Tom Ripley, and Matt Damon expects that Jude Law knows him. The line comes up,

Well, I knew you, so you must have known me.

He also states that he's a piano tuner, but he appears to be dusting off people's jackets in a theater.

[edit] No mention of his sexuality?

Ripley's gayness is a crucial component of character, and critical to the plot development: should this not be mentioned at some point?

--I'd like to agree vehemently. His homosexuality is mentioned Twice in the entire article, and they're both rather obscure.

Returning to his cabin he meets with Peter Smith-Kingsley, a very minor figure in the novel whose role is expanded for the film. Their conversation suggests that he and Ripley have become lovers, and that Smith-Kingsley has seen Ripley kiss Meredith on the deck of the ocean liner. Realizing he's now unable to reconcile the Ripley he is with Smith-Kingsley with the Greenleaf that Meredith knows, Ripley strangles his lover. He muses despondently shortly before killing Smith-Kingsley that his lies about who and what he is have left him lost and alone forever; he sobs as he commits the murder.

and

The 1999 film also explores Ripley's fascination with Greenleaf as more overtly sexual. While this is alluded to in the novel, the film expands upon Ripley's feelings of jealousy and inadequacy, and creates greater tension between the characters.

This requires serious revision, in my opinion. I was thrown for quite a loop when he was gay in the movie, after reading the section. --Nnythm 02:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Talented mr ripley.jpg

Image:Talented mr ripley.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 20:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)