Spotlight on PURPLE NOON with Imogen Sara Smith

Spotlight on PURPLE NOON with Imogen Sara Smith

In the following introduction recorded in 2021, critic Imogen Sara Smith explores the seductive charm and subtle menace of René Clément’s gorgeous Patricia Highsmith adaptation, starring Alain Delon in his breakout role as the duplicitous Tom Ripley.

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Spotlight on PURPLE NOON with Imogen Sara Smith
  • Spotlight on PURPLE NOON with Imogen Sara Smith
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    Spotlight on PURPLE NOON with Imogen Sara Smith

    Spotlight on PURPLE NOON with Imogen Sara Smith

    In the following introduction recorded in 2021, critic Imogen Sara Smith explores the seductive charm and subtle menace of René Clément’s gorgeous Patricia Highsmith adaptation, starring Alain Delon in his breakout role as the duplicitous Tom Ripley.

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    Purple Noon

    Purple Noon

    Directed by René Clément • 1960 • France, Italy
    Starring Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt

    Alain Delon was at his most impossibly beautiful when PURPLE NOON was released and made him an instant star. This ripe, colorful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s vicious novel “The Talented Mr. R...

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