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The Big Picture Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley is the consummate literary antihero — a liar, thief, and murderer who cons his way through life, always just one step ahead of the consequences of his actions. Highsmith’s "Ripliad" novels have been adapted numerous times over the years, with talented actors like Matt Damon and John Malkovich playing the titular character.
The rest of Ripley’s ensemble are no slouches either, and none of the characters they play are outright good or bad. While Flynn’s Dickie may seem like Tom’s obvious opposite, Dakota Fanning’s Marge Sherwood, Dickie’s girlfriend, is Ripley’s true foil. Fanning skillfully plays her character, saying one thing while communicating something else through her body language.
The work of Caravaggio, the Renaissance-era Italian painter who inspired the Baroque movement, is a recurring motif in the show’s plot. Appropriately, Caravaggio also informs the series' visual style. The painter was known for his use of light and shadow, which the show emulates with high-contrast shots of long shadows broken with beams of light.
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