#ripley under ground by patricia highsmith

[buwuk]

went on one hell of a book haul at my country's biggest book sale of the year! looking forward to reading all of this in the coming weeks 👻

[lairn]

I decided to read the second Ripley book, and a few pages in Tom is already warming up his subconscious identity crisis:

“If one painted more forgeries than one’s own paintings, wouldn’t the forgeries become more natural, more real, more genuine to oneself, even, than one’s own painting? Wouldn’t the effort finally go out of it and the work become second nature?”

You wish, buddy.

[denimbex1986]

'Following the events of the new Netflix limited series Ripley, the enigmatic con artist went on to continue his sinister career as a professional scammer. The psychological thriller is based on the renowned 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by celebrated novelist Patricia Highsmith, the first of her 5-part "Ripley" book series that also includes Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game. The Talented Mr. Ripley has been adapted several times for film and television, but none have been shot completely in monochrome until Steven Zallian's Ripley. Zallian, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Schindler's List, American Gangster, and The Irishman, wrote and directed the entire 8-episode miniseries.

Tom Ripley, who uses several different aliases and also acquires many places of residence throughout Ripley, is a master of disguise and deceit. He is drawn to murder once his true identity of being an elaborate con man faces the threat of being exposed. Tom has conned his way from a lowly life of scamming and thievery in New York City to becoming incredibly wealthy in Italy thanks to a supposed old friend, Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn). Ripley's cast is led by an exceptionally chilling Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Black Mirror, All of Us Strangers) as the titular treacherous protagonist. By the end of Zallian's Ripley, Tom has orchestrated a way to frame his murder of Dickie Greenleaf as a suicide by successfully convincing Dickie's concerned girlfriend Marge Sherwood (Dakota Fanning) and a determined Inspector Ravini (Maurizio Lombardi).

Ripley has received rave reviews from critics upon its April 4, 2024 release exclusively on Netflix. Ripley brings to light the lengths that monsters like Tom will go to in the name of self-preservation, using chilling methodology and calculation to be seen as significant by means of material wealth and social access. Even after Tom escapes to England in the final moments of Ripley, he does not seem satisfied, only aware of what it feels like to wear Dickie's clothes, flaunt Dickie's ring, and stare at Dickie's artwork while ultimately feeling nothing at all. Ripley is a chilling first entry of a magnificent book series by Highsmith, which continues with Tom living a new life in France six years after the events of The Talented Mr. Ripley.

10. Tom Lives A Lavish Life With His Heiress Wife In France

In Ripley Book 2: Ripley Under Ground

Ripley Book 2, titled Ripley Under Ground, which was published in 1970, some fifteen years after The Talented Mr. Ripley. The book takes place in the summer of 1968, which is about the time that it would have been written by Highsmith. Tom has settled down in France in Ripley Under Ground and is married to a prominent French heiress named Héloïse Plisson, who has suspicions about how Tom acquired his money but never pries too deeply. In some ways, Héloïse is a combination of Dickie and Marge from The Talented Mr. Ripley, with Dickie's casual attitude as well as Marge's underlying suspicions towards Tom.

9. Tom Establishes An Art Forgery Scheme After Painter's Death

In Ripley Book 2: Ripley Under Ground

Tom's big scam in Ripley Under Ground involves a massive art forgery operation. He became a silent partner of an organization known as Derwatt Ltd., which sells official works of the celebrated painter Philip Derwatt. Derwatt, however, is reported missing and has been presumed to be dead for years, although the general public is unaware of this. As a result, Tom enlists another painter named Bernard Tufts to impersonate Derwatt and paint original works on his behalf. Tom's corrupt operation is flawless until an American collector named Thomas Murchison claims one of the paintings to be fraudulent.

8. Tom Has An Accomplice To Murder In Book 2

In Ripley Book 2: Ripley Under Ground

Bernard Tufts, who feels incredibly guilty for his role in Tom's art forgery scheme, eventually becomes Tom's accomplice to the murder of the American art collector. After Tom kills Murchison, he enlists the help of Bernard to dispose of the body. This only worsens Barnard's guilty conscience, who is contemplating coming clean about the whole ordeal to the police. While Bernard is a terrible accomplice to Tom in the murder of Murchison in Ripley Under Ground, it's the first time in the book series where Tom enlists the help of another person after committing a murder.

7. Reeves Minot Asks Tom To Commit Murder

In Ripley Book 3: Ripley's Game

Ripley Book 3 titled Ripley's Game was published in 1974. It was adapted into a feature film that starred John Malkovich as Tom Ripley. Reeves Minot, who Malkovich plays in Netflix's Ripley, appears in both Ripley Under Water and Ripley’s Game, but has a very suspicious request for Tom in the third Ripley book. Reeves Minot, who is a known high collar criminal in the United States, asks Tom to be a hitman at the start of Ripley's Game. Tom, still living lavishly in France with his wife Héloïse, refuses and tries to find Minot a suitable replacement for that type of job.

6. Tom Assists In The Assassination of A Mafioso

In Ripley Book 3: Ripley's Game

After Tom finds the right man for the job, a poor man named Jonathan Trevanny who is dying from leukemia, he appears to be out of the operation altogether. Trevanny successfully completes one hit for Minot, which inspires Minot to get him to agree to another hit on a Mafia boss. The plan is tragic as the terminally ill Trevanny is meant to kill the mafioso and then take his own life immediately after, since there will be little chance of escape. Tom intervenes and kills the mafioso for Trevanny and makes him promise not to tell Minot that he assisted in the assassination.

5. Tom's Life Is Saved By An Accomplice Named Trevanny

In Ripley Book 3: Ripley's Game

Tom's life is later saved by Trevanny once news gets out about his involvement on the assassination of the aforementioned mafioso. As mafia hitmen are just about to kill Tom, Trevanny acts as a human shield and saves Tom's life. Overall, Ripley's Game is much different from The Talented Mr. Ripley in that Tom has much more of a heart and a moral compass than he does in Highsmith's first Ripley novel. Tom surprisingly also does not have a big new scam like he had in the previous two novels, which is an indication of the tonal shifts that are to come for his character later in the series.

4. Tom Helps A Young American Fugitive Named Frank

In Ripley Book 4: The Boy Who Followed Ripley

Ripley Book number four, The Boy Who Followed Ripley, is the most unlike the rest of the Ripley novels, especially The Talented Mr. Ripley. In The Boy Who Followed Ripley, which was published in 1980, Tom continues to live comfortably at his French estate and has not participated much in his old life of crime. A mysterious boy comes to visit him at his house, claiming he's from the United States and his name is Billy. Tom discovers that Billy is actually Frank Pierson, the son of an American business tycoon. Frank eventually confesses that he killed his father by pushing him off a cliff and came to Tom because he thought he would be able to help him based on his questionable reputation.

3. Tom Plays More Of A Hero Role In Ripley Book 4

In Ripley Book 4: The Boy Who Followed Ripley

The Boy Who Followed Ripley is so much unlike the original The Talented Mr. Ripley novel in the way that Tom is acting like a responsible, but still shady, father figure for the first time in the series. It's unclear why Highsmith decided to switch up the tone of her Ripley series so drastically with The Boy Who Followed Ripley, but it does align with the overall sense of growth that Tom was beginning to demonstrate in Ripley's Game. It appears that after all in The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Tom does have a decent heart, which is stunning to consider after watching Netflix's Ripley. At one point in the book, Tom even dresses in drag in order to rescue Frank after he's been kidnapped.

2. Tom Is Accused Of Murdering Dickie Greenleaf & Thomas Murchison

In Ripley Book 5: Ripley Under Water

Tom's ghosts come back to haunt him in the final Ripley book, Ripley Under Water. The title is a notable reference to Tom's fear of water that he demonstrated in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Ripley Under Water was published in 1991 and sees Tom living a completely normal, quaint life still in France where he tends to his garden daily. Tom is confronted by an American named David Pritchard who is convinced that Tom murdered the art collector Thomas Murchison, which took place in Ripley's Game. David also starts to ask Tom questions about Dickie, bringing back Tom's very first murder in the original book. Tom must find ways to deflect Pritchard's accusations but does not resort to killing him, proving that Tom's life of murder could in fact be over by the end of the book series.

1. Tom Never Gets Caught For Any Of His Crimes

In Ripley Book 5: Ripley Under Water

Despite the effects of David Pritchard in Ripley Under Water, Tom Ripley gets away with it once again by the end of the fifth and final Ripley book. Shockingly, Pritchard does somehow discover Murchison's body and goes so far as to leave his skeleton on Tom's doorstep. Tom hides the body once again and leaves it in the pond outside the Pritchard family's home, which leads to another tragedy and indirect murder on Tom's behalf. Tom's blood-soaked hands never come clean in any of Highsmith's five Ripley books, cementing his status as one of the best literary con artists ever created. While there's no current indication that Ripley season 2 will be made at Netflix, there is certainly plenty of source material to work with.'

[dijetemjeseca]

151/365

Smatram da bih radije umro za ono u što ne vjerujem, nego za ono što mi je kredo... Katkad pomislim da je život umjetnika dugo i divno samoubojstvo, i ne zažalim što je tako.

- Oscar Wilde

Patricia Highsmith, Ripley ispod zemlje: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

heloise plisson is brat

[ulrichgebert]

In der Leseliste wimmelt es einmal mehr von Mördern, Exzentrikern und Geistern. Wo soll das nur hinführen?

Ein Sachbuch. Ich informierte mich mal über das mysteriöse Leben unser aller Lieblingszeichner kleiner verschrobener Bücher Edward Gorey. Offensichtlich war er recht exzentrisch. Führte natürlich dazu, daß ich alle Amhygoreys anschaffte und seine ganzen kleinen verschrobenen Büchlein nochmal lesen musste, da kann man das eigentlich auch merken.

Füllte dann eine weitere Unverzichtbare-schwule-Klassiker-Bildungslücke. Hier (in den 50er-Jahren in Paris) ist es aber noch nicht so richtig ideal und und befreit. Ganz besonders nicht in Giovannis Raum.

Weil der Tobi gerade im John-Irving-Fieber ist, dachte ich lese auch mal einen wieder. Son of a Circus spielt in Indien (obwohl er sich da gar nicht auskennt), und benimmt sich ein fast wie ein Kriminalroman, es geschehen Morde im elitären Duckworth Club: Inspector Dhar ermittelt, nur ist der gar kein Polizist, sondern nebenberuflicher Bollywoodstar (hauptberuflich arbeitet er im Züricher Schauspielhaus) und es ist einmal mehr alles sehr sonderbar, Zwerge, Transvestiten, getrennte Zwillinge, Wunder, Sex, alles geboten, allerdings keine Bären. Deshalb mögen es wahrscheinlich manche eingefleischten Irving-Fans nicht so. Dafür gibt es Elefanten.

Eine weitere Geschichte aus Night Vale. Bevor es die gesichtslose alte Frau allerdings dorthin verbringt sie ein oder womöglich mehre abenteuerliche Leben unter Schmugglern, Orangenbauern, Piraten, geheimnisvollen kriminellen Organisationen und dergleichen. Selbstverständlich sind wieder alle Verschwörungstheorien wahr.

Bestsellerautor (m/w/d) einzlkind lässt eine KI aus dem jahr 2048 erzählen und macht auf dystopisch, um seine netten Leser zu vergrätzen. Aber irgendwie auch wieder mit messianischer Heilsgeschichte. Das ist nicht so lustig. Und sie bringt nicht mal Heil.

Wie schon angedeute, wollte ich dann auch mal rausfinden, wie es mit Tom Ripley eigentlich weitergeht, nachdem er diese Dickie-Greenleaf-Affaire hinter sich gebracht hat. Er kommt natürlich davon, und verlegt sich auf ein lukratives Kunstfälschergeschäft, was ihm aber (Achtung Spielverderber-Alarm!) allerdings auch nicht gelingt, ohne den einen oder anderen Mord zu begehen.

Mich beunruhigt zusehends, daß mir die Kim Newman-Romane ausgehen. Die englische Geistergeschichte ist jedenfalls noch mal fesselnd, klaustrophobisch und total wundervoll. Zur Not fange ich wieder vorne mit den Anna Draculas an

[tomewardbound]

"'A lot can happen to a poor man, if he suddenly becomes rich.'"

— Patricia Highsmith, "Ripley Under Ground"

[don-dake]

R I P L E Y (2024)

***Contains SPOILERS***

A review (of sorts, but more a rambling opinion piece that veers off the main subject occasionally).

So I've watched R I P L E Y (2024), all eight episodes of it. One word: Bravissimo!

As someone who loves the Ripliad series of novels by Patricia Highsmith immensely, and having watched all the Ripley film adaptations there are thus far — Plein Soleil aka Purple Noon (1960), The American Friend aka Der Amerikanische Freund (1977), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Ripley's Game (2002), and Ripley Under Ground (2005) — I went into this new series (released on Netflix on April 4th) with expectations…

Not high, for I've learned it's never good to have high expectations or you'll more than likely just be setting yourself up for disappointment…but with expectations all the same!

Thus far, my favourite Ripley film adaptation had been 2002's Ripley's Game starring John Malkovich as an older Ripley. Had been. Until this series that is! I still love Ripley's Game a lot of course! (heh!) And there really should be no comparison given it's two different mediums and the two Ripleys are portrayed from different times of the character's life.

So saying, this new series definitely sets a new standard for a Ripley adaptation! And as someone who love the books a lot, I'm glad this series is very closely adapted from the first book!

The decision to go for a black and white cinematography, I was skeptical about that at first but after looking at the trailers and reading on the director's reasoning for going B & W with this, I can understand why, and generally agree with his decision.

Though at times, especially when looking at the wonderful interior sets, I'll be wishing I could see it in all its colour glory and thinking what a waste it was not to have it in colour, but that is but a minor hitch, for the B & W cinematography is done with superb mastery and skill, and it's hard to find fault with going this route. And it does contribute to getting into the film noir feel from films of yesteryear.

On the actors, I was skeptical on Andrew Scott as Ripley at first, but I'm happy to say he has proven me wrong and his Ripley, while not as young as Ripley should be at the start of the novel series, is one that is characterised the closest, and if Showtime/Netflix has any plans to adapt the rest of the novels, Scott will be perfect as an older Ripley, I think!

Maybe that was/is the plan…that's why Scott was chosen even though age wise, he doesn't quite fit in the beginning…one can hope! (heh!)

Moving on, just a brief rambling on the other main actors/characters because I'm getting tired:

Love Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, she was exactly how I imagined Marge to be as I read the (first) book. A superb performance by Fanning I'd say!

Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf was underwhelming for me partly because in my eyes, Jude Law was/is the perfect Dickie (even if his — Law's — American accent was/is questionable), but partly also because I find Flynn is lacking charisma (sorry, Flynn fans!), I didn't get the sense of what was so fascinating about this Dickie that Ripley would be so enamoured with him or his lifestyle, enough to kill for it.

Perhaps the fault lies partly with the script too for I felt we the audience didn't get to see more of what drew Ripley to Dickie, besides his obvious wealth and status.

Eliot Sumner as Freddie Miles. Now this was the character that underwent the most drastic change as compared to the book and the 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley film adaptation. In both the book and the 1999 film, Freddie was described (and portrayed to perfection by Philip Seymour Hoffman in my opinion) as an American with carrot-red hair, stocky, loud and all round obnoxious from miles away sort.

2024 Freddie is slim-built, androgynous looking, with a cherub face and British…he's practically a whole different character except in name.

As such, it's unfair to compare I guess, but having envisioned Freddie as described in the book for so long, helped along by PSH's award-worthy performance, I'll just say this is not the Freddie for me.

But, that doesn't mean Sumner's Freddie was bad. In terms of being almost a foil to Ripley, Sumner's Freddie is still quite effectively annoying.

Special mentions to Maurizio Lombardi and Margherita Buy as Inspector Ravini and Signor(in)a Buffi (Ripley's landlady) respectively! I enjoyed watching these two characters.

Also a special mention to Lucio (Signor(in)a Buffi's cat), who, had it been able to speak, Ripley would certainly have silenced! (heh!)

Last but not least, a special mention to John Malkovich as Reeves Minot.

I was so excited when I first saw Malkovich in the trailer because not only is his casting a nice tribute to his turn as Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game (2002), I thought he would be playing Herbert Greenleaf at first, but he turned out to be playing Reeves Minot! Even better! Gives more hope that new seasons of R I P L E Y (2024) may happen!

Those who have read the books will know that Reeves Minot is a recurring character in the later books — I can't really remember how many exactly, it's been some time since I last read them (and I should again!).

To sum up, I did enjoy this series tremendously and will definitely rewatch many times to come, and I hope we'll get further adaptations of the other books with the same standards as set for this one!

P.S.: I've seen a few people mention “this (R I P L E Y) is like Saltburn!”. I never heard of the film Saltburn before looking at some opinion pieces, but after looking it up, dare I say, Saltburn ripped off the Ripliad stories and its characters (the Ripliad books first came out in the 1950s) and I think it's more appropriate to say “Saltburn is like Ripley”!

[savethelifeofmychild]

okay okay all the books that i remember reading in 2023... surely there are others but i dont keep track of the books i read unfortunately.. ah also... Not in order:

who killed kennedy? by thomas g. buchanan

the season of the witch by james leo herlihy

brideshead revisited by evelyn waugh

parents' day by paul goodman

better angel by richard meeker

these violent delights by micah nemerever

sal mineo by h. paul jeffers

frankenstein by mary shelley (i think it was this year?)

after dark by haruki murakami

when harlie was one by david gerrold

the electric kool-aid acid test by tom wolfe

revolution for the hell of it (abbie hoffman)

there but for fortune by michael shumacher

in memory of angel clare by christopher bram

ill get there. it better be worth the trip. by john donovan

the talented mr. ripley by patricia highsmith

ripley under ground by patricia highsmith

ripley's game by patricia highsmith

bob dylan in america by sean wilentz

just kids by patti smith <33333

on the road by jack kerouac

a clockwork orange by anthony burgess

there are a few others that i cant for the life of me remember the names of...its really gonna bug me now aghh and probably other ones im just forgetting altogether who knows

[cartoonscientist]

Bury Your Gays (subverted)

At the end of Bride of Re-Animator, Herbert West (who has been confirmed as gay by Bruce Abbott and asexual by Jeffrey Combs) is buried in the rubble of his collapsing basement. But, he apparently survives, as shown by his appearance in the sequel Beyond Re-Animator.

In the novel Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith, Word of God confirmed homosexual Tom Ripley is concussed with a shovel by Bernard Tufts and buried alive. However, he manages to dig his way out and the book continues.

[nieidic]

We are still waiting... my grandpa isn't doing well, he is still alive though. I love hearing small news from him every day, even though most of it is heartbreaking and sad.

I decided to stay a week longer and thankfully, it all worked out with the shifts that were originally planned for me at work. I also decided to start revising for my Diagnostics exam... my heart's not really in it and I'm not sure if I will take the exam, because who knows what will happen today, much less in mid-September, but for now it's something productive I can do when I feel like it. My concentration doesn't last as long as it usually does. But that's fine and I'm not forcing it.

Other than that, I started reading "Ripley Under Ground" by Patricia Highsmith last week and I think I love it more than the first Ripley book, actually, or maybe it's just the perfect book to take my mind off things right now.

[lairn]

Regarding a scam where microfilm is planted on unsuspecting mules and then Tom steals it to forward to another party:

“Reeves couldn’t expect him to drop everything all the time— Tom had done so on two other occasions— to fly to Hamburg or Rome (much as Tom enjoyed little excursions), pretend to be in those cities by accident, and invite the ‘host,’ as Tom always thought of the carrier, to his Villeperce house.”

The “host,” how very parasitic of you, Tom.

[denimbex1986]

'Move over Matt Damon, Andrew Scott is stepping in as Tom Ripley in a new eight-episode TV adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley. Now, we know reboots are everywhere but, come on, it's Andrew Scott! Anthony Minghella helmed the sublime 1999 adaptation to sun-dappled perfection, but who's to say another version on the small screen can't be just as seductive?

Here's everything we know about Ripley so far.

Is there a trailer for Ripley?

Ripley? Ripley.

Netflix's first official teaser for Ripley doesn't give a whole lot away, but then again, neither does its titular character. The moody and monochromatic series is fittingly ominous in its first look, as we see Scott's Tom Ripley seemingly evade justice for his many, many schemes. The trailer also gives us glimpses of some of the show's co-stars, including Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn and John Malkovich. Beyond knowing the story from the book and the 90s film starring Jude Law and Matt Damon, the trailer keeps much of Ripley's plot close to the chest. But, again, that seems quite fitting.

Ahead of the trailer release, Netflix also dropped some new images of Andrew Scott looking suitably pensive and mysterious as the enigmatic Ripley as he broods in black and white across Italy.

When is Ripley coming out?

It's been a long and winding road to get the story of Tom Ripley to the small screen. Having first been announced in 2021 and filming in Italy that same year, it's since bounced around from Showtime to Netflix. At a certain point, Andrew Scott didn't even know when it would come out.

But now, along with its first teaser trailer, Netflix has announced that Ripley will hit screens on 4 April. Springtime is for scamming, after all.

What’s Ripley about?

Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Talented Mr Ripley, the series follows “Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York” who “is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home.” That son is Dickie Greenleaf, and their odd friendship spirals into, among other things, incidents of deceit and murder. All set against the stunning backdrop of the Italian Riviera, of course. No wonder the book has been adapted so many times.

Scott has also hinted that the series will cover some of the subtextual queer themes of Highsmith's text. In a conversation with Ben Whishaw, he said:

“If Tom Ripley was in a gay bar, I’m not sure that he would fit in there. Nor do I think he’s a straight character. I think he’s a queer character, in the sense that he’s very ‘other.’ What’s his relationship with sex, or death, or with family or friends? It’s interesting that a character is the sum of the parts that you don’t have to play.”

Should this show get greenlit for more seasons though, we could potentially see adaptations of the other novels in the Ripley series. The second book, Ripley Under Ground had a film version with Willem Dafoe and Alan Cumming that, apparently, no one saw. And Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich played Tom Ripley in two film adaptations of the third novel, Ripley's Game.

Who stars in Ripley?

First, of course, we have Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley. Considering his past roles in Fleabag and the Oscar-buzzy All of Us Strangers, the actor certainly has the charisma for the part.

He’ll be joined by Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf (the playboy heir Ripley swindles) and Dakota Fanning as Dickie’s girlfriend, Marge Sherwood. And now, thanks to the trailer, we know that John Malkovich – a former Ripley, from 2002's Ripley's Game – will also be joining the monochrome world of the Netflix series.'

[catinfroghat]

Synopses copied from wikipedia below.....

Crime and Punishment follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who plans to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker, an old woman who stores money and valuable objects in her flat. He theorises that with the money he could liberate himself from poverty and go on to perform great deeds, and seeks to convince himself that certain crimes are justifiable if they are committed in order to remove obstacles to the higher goals of 'extraordinary' men.

Six years after the events of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley is now in his early 30s, living a comfortable life in France with his heiress wife, Héloïse Plisson. The lifestyle at his estate, Belle Ombre, is supported by Dickie Greenleaf's fortune, occasional fence work with an American named Reeves Minot, and Derwatt Ltd. — an art forgery scheme that Ripley helped set up years before as a silent partner.

One of Kafka's best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition.

The novel is set in Sri Lanka in the 1980s, and written in the second person. The central character, Maali Almeida, is a dead photographer who sets out to solve the mystery of his own death and is given one week ("seven moons") during which he can travel between the afterlife and the real world. In this time, he hopes to retrieve a set of photographs, stored under a bed, and to persuade his friends to share them widely to expose the brutalities of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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[dustywave]

almost everything about “ripley under ground” (2005) was extremely bad but they kinda went off with the characterization of heloise. afaik no other ripley adaptation has included heloise which is very sad to me. maybe filmmakers think giving tom a hot wife would take away from the homoerotic tension he has with every single male character, but that is clearly a skill issue. patricia highsmith did not have this problem.

[brookston]

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Old Time Fiddlers Week (thru 6.22)

Take Your Dog to Work Week (thru 6.21, 2024 [Mon-Fri Week following Father's Day]

Waste and Recycling Workers Week (thru 6.23) [3rd Week]

Festivals Beginning June 17, 2024

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (Cannes, France) [thru 6.21]

Future Food-Tech (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 6.18]

Great Falls Craft Beer Week (Great Falls, Montana) [thru 6.22]

RCI Convention & Industry Expo (Buffalo, New York) [thru 6.21]

Feast Days

Albert Chmielowski (Christian; Saint)

Avitus (a.k.a. Avy; Christian; Saint)

Bessarion (Christian; Saint)

Bossuet (Positivist; Saint)

Botolph of Ikanhoe (Christian; Saint) [Agricultural Workers, England, Scandinavia]

Contact an Old Friend Day (Pastafarian)

Emily de Vialar (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Feast of Eurydice (Ancient Egypt)

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Christian)

Fergus Fuzz (Muppetism)

Giovanni Paolo Panini (Artology)

Gondulphus of Berry (a.k.a. Gondola; Christian; Saint)

Hervé (Christian; Saint) [The Blind]

Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)

John Baldessari (Artology)

John Hersey (Writerism)

Joyful Cauldrons for Family, Friends, or the Whole Coven Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ludi Piscatari (Festival of Fishermen; Ancient Rome)

M.C. Escher (Artology)

Molingus (a.k.a. Dairchilla) of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Nectan (Christian; Saint)

Nicander and Marcian (Christian; Martyrs)

Prior, Hermit in Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Orpheus’s Day (Pagan)

Purification Ritual to Drive Away Evil Spirits of the Rainy Season (Nara, Japan; Everyday Wicca)

Rainerius of Pisa (Christian; Saint)

Roadside Picnic, by Arkady Strugatsky (Novel; 1972)

Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)

Teresa and Sanchia of Portugal (Christian; Saint)

Toadstool-Squatting Begins (Leprechauns; Shamanism)

Zontar of Venus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Islamic Lunar Holidays

Eid al-Adha, Day 2 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ... 

Aïd el Adha (Morocco)

Bakri Id (India)

Corban Bairam (Sudan)

Eid al Adha (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, UAE, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)

Eid-Ul-Adha (Sierra Leone)

Eid-ul-Azha (Bangladesh, India)

Eid-Ul-Zuha (India)

Feast of Sacrifice (Singapore)

Fiesta del Sacrificio (Spain)

Greater Bajram (Albania)

Greater Bayram (Azerbaijan)

Hari Raya Aidil Adha (Brunei)

Hari Raya Haji (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)

Idd-ul-Azha (Kenya)

Id el Kabir (Nigeria)

Idi Qurbon (Tajikistan)

Kurban Ait (Kyrgyzstan)

Kurban-Bairam (Kosovo)

Kurban Bayram (North Cyprus)

Kurban Bayramy (Turkey)

Lendemain de l'Aïd el-Kebir (Mauritania)

Tabaski (Guinea, Senegal)

Tobaski (Gambia)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [18 of 30]

Premieres

Big Daddy (Film; 1999)

Bull Durham (Film; 1988)

Carrie Anne, by The Hollies (Song; 1967)

Central Intelligence (Film; 2016)

Come a Little Bit Closer, by Jay & the Americans (Song; 1964)

Die Mutter, by Alois Haba (Quarter-Tone Opera; 1931)

Dude Ranch, by Blink-182 (Album; 1997)

Fanny and Alexander (Film; 1983)

Feudin Fighting-N-Fussin’ (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1968)

Finding Dory (Animated Film; 2016)

God's Trombones, by James Weldon Johnson (Poetry; 1927)

The Graduate, by Charles Webb (Novella; 1963)

The Great Outdoors (Film; 1988)

Green Lantern (Film; 2011)

Hobo Gadget Band (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Hop and Chop (Tijuana Toad Cartoon; 1970)

I Will Always Love You, recorded by Dolly Parton (Song; 1973)

Lightyear (Animated Film; 2022)

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Film; 2011)

One of the Boys, by Katy Perry (Album; 2008)

Piper (Pixar Cartoon; 2016)

Plumbing in a “Pipe” (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

A Short of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson (Science History Book; 2003)

Steve Winwood, by Steve Winwood (Album; 1977)

Superman III (Film; 1988)

Synchronicity, by the Police (Album; 1983)

Texasville, by Larry McMurtry (Novel; 1987)

Things Fall Apart (Novel; 1958)

Towne Hall Follies (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)

Under the Sea-Wind, by Rachel Carson (Science Book; 1952)

Viva Las Vegas (Film; 1964)

What’s Up, Doc? (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Today’s Name Days

Adolf, Alena, Volker (Austria)

Bratoljub, Diogen, Inocent, Laura, Nevenka (Croatia)

Adolf (Czech Republic)

Botolphus (Denmark)

Eugen, Kenno (Estonia)

Urho (Finland)

Hervé (France)

Adolf, Alena, Volker (Germany)

Felix, Ismail (Greece)

Alida, Laura (Hungary)

Adolfo, Gregorio, Manuele, Ranieri, Sofia (Italy)

Artis, Artūrs, Enta (Latvia)

Adolfas, Daugantas, Laura, Vilmantė (Lithuania)

Bodil, Botolv (Norway)

Adolf, Adolfa, Adolfina, Agnieszka, Alf, Drogomysł, Franciszek, Laura, Marcjan, Radomił, Rainer, Wolmar (Poland)

Ismail, Manuil, Savel (România)

Adolf (Slovakia)

Ismael, Teresa (Spain)

Torborg, Torvald (Sweden)

Alcine, Botolf, Harvey, Hervey, Lamar, Lemar (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 169 of 2024; 197 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 25 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 12 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 11 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 19 Blue; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 4 June 2024

Moon: 81%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 28 St. Paul (6th Month) [Bossuet]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 91 of 92)

Week: 3rd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 28 of 31)