DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> Robert wrote:
>
> "For what it's worth re Highsmith, I'd recommend
Ripley's Game,
> supplemented by The American Friend, its film
version starring Dennis
> Hopper."
>
> Didn't Wender's film draw also draw on a second
Ripley book?
>
> Mark
>
Yes, there's a fair bit of Ripley Under Ground mixed in
there. I just dug out what Highsmith told me, in an
interview, about the film "I think it has style. I do not
think it's much like my book. I do not see Ripley as a
bachelor, (grim chuckle) or beatnik or opting out type. The
important thing is that it was a good film, a successful
film, the critics liked it."
Grim chuckle is my annotation. Ms Highsmith, possibly the
oddest person I've ever interviewed, was very fierce whenever
anyone suggested that Ripley might be in any way sexually
ambiguous.
John
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