天才瑞普利

    英文名：The Talented Mr. Ripley

天才瑞普利

　　中文名：天才雷普利 / 心计 / 心计
　　导演: 安东尼.明格拉Anthony Minghella
　　主演: 马特.戴蒙 Matt Damon / 裘德.洛 Jude Law / 格温妮丝.帕特洛 Gwyneth Paltrow / 凯特.布兰切特 Cate Blanchett / 菲利普.西摩.霍夫曼 Philip Seymour Hoffman
　　官方网站: http://ripley.film.ru/
　　上映年度: 1999
　　语言: 英语

Tom Ripley is a young man struggling to make a living in New York City. When working at a party, playing the piano in a borrowed Princeton jacket, he is approached by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf, who believes him to be a Princeton alumnus. He asks Tom to travel to Italy to persuade Greenleaf's errant son, Dickie, to return to the United States. Ripley did not go to college at all and has never even met Dickie, but nevertheless goes along and agrees. Shortly after his arrival in Italy, Ripley meets Dickie Greenleaf and his girlfriend, Marge Sherwood. He quickly insinuates himself into their lives. Over time Dickie begins to tire of his new friend, resenting Ripley's constant presence and growing dependence, especially after he learns that Tom has been lying about their days together at Princeton. Ripley's feelings are complicated by his desire to maintain the wealthy lifestyle Greenleaf has afforded him and by his growing sexual obsession with his new friend.

As a gesture to Ripley, Greenleaf agrees to travel with him on a short holiday to Sanremo. The two hire a small boat and go sailing. They begin arguing while on board, with Dickie rejecting and mocking Ripley. Enraged, Ripley attacks Dickie, smashing him with an oar and, in the ensuing struggle, accidentally killing him. Horrified, lets the boat drift to shore with Dickie's body in his arms. He then sinks the boat, with Dickie's body still on board, to conceal his crime.

When the hotel concierge mistakes Ripley for Greenleaf, Ripley realizes he can assume Greenleaf's identity. He takes on Dickie's signature and passport, and begins living off his allowance, while at the same time carefully providing communications to Marge to make her believe that Dickie has deserted her. Greenleaf's old friend Freddie Miles visits Ripley at what he supposes to be Greenleaf's apartment in Rome. He is immediately suspicious of Ripley. When Miles discovers Ripley's scam, Ripley murders him as well and dumps the body.

Over the next few weeks, Ripley's existence becomes a 'cat and mouse' game with the Italian police and Greenleaf's friends. Ripley must alternate between his pose as Dickie Greenleaf and his true identity as Tom Ripley. His predicament is complicated by Meredith Logue, a wealthy heiress he met while traveling to Italy, who believes Ripley to be Dickie Greenleaf. Ripley eventually resumes his own identity, forges a suicide note in Greenleaf's name, and moves to Venice. In succession, Marge, Dickie's father and an American private detective confront Ripley. Marge particularly suspects Ripley of involvement in Dickie's death, and Ripley prepares to murder her. He is interrupted when Marge's friend, Peter Smith-Kingsley, enters the apartment.

Towards the end of the film, the private detective reveals that Mr. Greenleaf has decided to give Ripley a portion of Dickie's income with the understanding that certain details about his son's past not be revealed to the Italian police. Ripley goes on a cruise with Smith-Kingsley, his new lover, only to discover that Meredith Logue is also on board the cruise. Logue knows Ripley only as Dickie Greenleaf, and Ripley realizes it will be impossible to keep Smith-Kingsley from discovering that he has been passing himself off as Greenleaf, since Peter and Meredith know each other and could eventually exchange words. He cannot solve this dilemma by murdering Logue, as she is traveling with a large family who will notice her disappearance. The movie concludes with a sobbing Ripley killing Smith-Kingsley to protect his secret, and resigning himself to a solitary life without love or acceptance.

天才瑞普利

    看着RIPLEY就象是看到了自己。一样的无能，平庸，一无是处。永远活在别人的光环下。在别人的荣光里痛苦，羡慕，还有嫉妒，罪恶的嫉妒。在这样的环境中谈自我简直是种奢侈。没有自我，于是只有小心地揣摩别人的意思，虚伪的迎合。我感到力不从心.渐渐发现自己快要消失不见了，只剩一具行尸走肉。呵呵，才明白自己真是个存在意识极弱的傻瓜啊。
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    拼命地迎合未必就能讨别人喜欢。也许一时会让别人的虚荣心得到满足，但日子久了还是会一脚踢开。只有真正臭味相投的人在一起才会觉得轻松。象RYPLEY那样绷着劲伺候DIKIE，两人都很吃力。活得自我一点才会变得有魅力吧，无论是对男人还是对女人。

                                                   --来源：http://www.douban.com/review/1246177/

Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley gets a deluxe reincarnation here, merit of the talented Mr. Minghella. A sensational script adaptation, stunning Italian locations and an extraordinary supporting cast. Tom Ripley saw the light before, most memorably with the face of Alain Delon in another beautiful outing by the underrated Rene Clement. This time, the winning feature is the superbly tailored script that gets inside the heads of the characters giving us a full panoramic view of their privileges as well as their desolation. Tom Ripley, the amoral, becomes the tortured immoral here. Anthony Minghella gives him a conscience, a self-awareness giving the tale an extra chilling touch. Matt Damon's natural dullness works wonders here. This may be his best performance to date. But it is the supporting cast that makes "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fly so high. Jude Law as the spoiled, vain and ultimately cruel Dickie Greenlef is truly remarkable. His worthlessness, crystal clear for everyone to see, becomes irrelevant due to the astonishing charisma and oodles of sexiness that Jude Law exudes. That, in itself, makes Gwynneth Paltrow's character totally believable. She's an intelligent woman who must know Dickie for what he is but she puts that aside and we don't question it. Philip Seymour Hoffman's Freddie is a fully fleshed out character who's on the screen for a few minutes but leaves and indelible impression. Great fun to witness his two faces. Creepy and wonderful. But it is Cate Blanchett, in a creation worthy of W Somerset Maughan that becomes the icing on this scrumptious cake. I would love to see a film where her Meredith is the central character. This "Talented Mr. Ripley" cemented my film relationship with Anthony Minghella. I wait for his films with childish anticipation.

                                                      --来源：http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119/