Purple Noon
by Ren? Cl?ment
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Actor: Alain Delon, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Marie Lafor?t, Maurice RonetDirector: Ren? Cl?ment
Cinematographer: Henri Deca?
Writer: Ren? Cl?ment
Editor: Fran?oise Javet
Writer: Patricia Highsmith
Writer: Paul G?gauff
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Times Film Corporation
Movie Reviews of Purple Noon
Movie Review: Meet the most beautiful, talented male actor of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
It appears the "Purple Noon" story line has been detailed quite well in prior reviews, so no need to go on about it again. What I want to add is that this film could serve as a wonderful introduction to Alain Delon for a new generation. If you have never seen this actor at work, treat yourself to "Purple Noon" and think of it as a primer. It is much better than ".....Mr. Ripley", as it doesn't have the unrelenting, distasteful sense of evil and unpleasantness of Matt Damon's version. Damon simply cannot match Delon for all the facets the Frenchman gives his character. Delon makes the character so intriguing, you rather want to see him get away with it!
Delon was and remains one of the most exciting, beautiful actors ever to come out of Europe. The U.S. has never produced an actor to match him for sheer beauty, grace and charisma. Those eyes make you want to know what is going on behind them. The intrigue is always there and you cannot take your eyes off him.
Delon has a son who works very hard to follow in his father's playboy footsteps, but he lacks the class, pure beauty and grace of his father. I hope that once you've seen "Purple Noon", you will move on to his even better films, i.e. "Mr. Klein" or "Le Samourai" and others. Not many are available as yet, but hopefully time will correct this oversight.
One film called "Have I the Right to Kill?" was recently run on TCM, but is not available as yet in any format. It also is dubbed, rather than sub-titled, which for me, lessens the film, but it is still good viewing.
Try "Purple Noon", sit back and watch this graceful, beautiful man turn on sex appeal the like of which you will never see again. Once you see him, you will want more, I guarantee it.
(Please note there is a new, first time release of a collection of his decent but somewhat lesser films available on Amazon called "Alain Delon - Five Films". I remain hopeful that his truly great films will show up in a collection soon)
Summary of Purple Noon
Filled with suspense, PURPLE NOON is the critically acclaimed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat! A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend and all the finest things money can buy. His envious friend, on the other hand, has nothing but his charm, good looks ... and a wickedly sinister plot to take over the rich man's life! Tensions mount as this deadly game unfolds and the murderer struggles to stay one step ahead of the police -- and the ever-growing suspicions of the dead man's friends! Prepare yourself for PURPLE NOON, a shocking story of betrayal, murder, and stolen identity in a world where nothing is as it seems!A member of the middle generation of French filmmakers between Renoir and the New Wave, Ren? Cl?ment was a strong visual stylist who tried on different subjects and genres: documentaries, semidocumentaries, wartime dramas, comedies. In Purple Noon he showed a strong facility for feverish film noir, and the results are quite memorable. Based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr.?Ripley, the film stars Alain Delon as the notoriously amoral Ripley (a character also played, albeit quite differently, by Dennis Hopper in Wim Wenders's The American Friend). Envious of a playboy pal (Maurice Ronet) having a luxurious time on the Mediterranean, Ripley decides to murder the man and assume his identity. The subsequent suspense concerns the dirty deed done and the aftermath of complicated cover-ups, and in the best Hitchcockian sense you can never quite tell whose side you're on as Ripley's efforts at survival are followed in meticulous detail. Mesmerizing to watch, saturated in light and color, and topped by Delon at his most icy, Purple Noon is a terrific discovery for enthusiasts of film noir and the French cinema. --Tom Keogh
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