{"id":85697,"date":"2022-07-25T22:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T05:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85697"},"modified":"2023-12-21T20:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T03:48:03","slug":"purple-noon-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85697","title":{"rendered":"Purple Noon (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;All is vanity; nothing exists.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Poster-220x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Poster-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Poster-94x128.png 94w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Poster-198x270.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Poster.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen conman Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) is hired to bring his acquaintance (Maurice Ronet) back home to his father in America, Ripley finds himself caught up in a sticky triangle with Ronet&#8217;s dissatisfied girlfriend (Marie Laforet), and soon moves into even more dangerous territory involving murder and identity theft.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alain Delon Films<\/li>\n<li>Con-Artists <\/li>\n<li>French Films <\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Psychopaths<\/li>\n<li>Rene Clement Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nNearly 40 years before Anthony Minghella gave us <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley<\/em> (1999), French director Rene Clement helmed this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley\">Patricia Highsmith&#8217;s 1955 novel of the same name<\/a>, albeit with a new title. (It was released as <em>Plein Soleil<\/em> &#8212; or <em>Full Sun<\/em> &#8212; in French, which seems to make a bit more sense than the inscrutable English translation; what is a &#8220;purple noon&#8221;?) Regardless of what it&#8217;s called, this early version remains a top-notch thriller in every way, with the cast, sets (in Italy), cinematography, and storyline all coming together to provide the type of classy suspense entertainment one expects from Highsmith (author of the novel upon which Hitchcock&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7314\"><em>Strangers on a Train<\/em><\/a> was based). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards-1024x613.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards-451x270.png 451w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Boat-Cards.png 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was interesting watching this movie shortly after revisiting Michelangelo Antonioni&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85652\"><em>L&#8217;Avventura<\/em> (1960)<\/a>, given that they were released the same year, and both begin by showing privileged individuals out on a recreational boating trip in Italy that turns tragic &#8212; though the two storylines take completely different trajectories from there. Unlike <em>L&#8217;Avventura<\/em>, <em>Purple Noon<\/em> is heavily plot-driven, showing us the various steps Tom Ripley &#8212; one of literature&#8217;s best-known sociopaths &#8212; takes to try to secure his own fortunes at the ruthless expense of others. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity-1024x611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Identity.png 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ripley (Delon is perfectly cast) may think he has a full-proof plan, but naturally, there are hiccups &#8212; including the inconvenient re-emergence of an American friend (Bill Kearns) first introduced to us in opening scenes.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns.png 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Kearns2.png 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saying more about the details of this film may take away from the enjoyment of simply watching it, so I&#8217;ll leave my analysis somewhat succinct. Suffice it to say that this film remains gripping from beginning to end &#8212; and be prepared for a final surprise once you think all has resolved. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alain Delon as Tom Ripley<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2-1024x612.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2-452x270.png 452w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Delon2.png 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Marie Laforet as Marge<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Laforet2.png 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maurice Ronet as Philippe Greenleaf<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Ronet2.png 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Henri Deca\u00eb&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Purple-Noon-Location-Shooting.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a foreign gem. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054189\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/2586-purple-noon-in-broad-sunlight\">Criterion Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3993noon.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All is vanity; nothing exists.&#8221; Synopsis: When conman Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) is hired to bring his acquaintance (Maurice Ronet) back home to his father in America, Ripley finds himself caught up in a sticky triangle with Ronet&#8217;s dissatisfied girlfriend (Marie Laforet), and soon moves into even more dangerous territory involving murder and identity theft. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alain Delon Films Con-Artists French Films Mistaken or Hidden Identities Psychopaths Rene Clement Films Review: Nearly 40 years before Anthony&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85697\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85697"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94186,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85697\/revisions\/94186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}