WOW.
It’s so exhilarating to find a “new” voice from the forties that I’d never heard of before. Well, we know women were surpressed, including writers. But I’m surprised that Patricia Highsmith wasn’t a movie star (look at her beauty), as well as a first-rate author of novels, (and if had been allowed in those 40’s days, a screenwriter as well). Who “cleaned up” after her “Strangers on a Train” story, picked up by Alfred Hitchcock for a major movie ?; none other than Raymo
nd Chandler, who let himself receive major credit for the story.
So, this book covers two of her famous novels: “Strangers of a Train” and “The Price of Salt.” A number of short stories are included as well to provide divertisment from the serious novels. She is certainly capable of diversion onto other plateaus of thought.
From Wkipedia
“The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 American psycho
logical thriller written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella. It is an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith 1955 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed as Plein Soleil (Purple Noon, 1960).
The film stars Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue (a character created for the film.”
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It’s so exhilarating to find a “new” voice from the forties that I’d never heard of before. Well, we know women were surpressed, including writers. But I’m surprised that Patricia Highsmith wasn’t a movie star (look at her beauty), as well as a first-rate author of novels, (and if had been allowed in those 40’s days, a screenwriter as well). Who “cleaned up” after her “Strangers on a Train” story, picked up by Alfred Hitchcock for a major movie ?; none other than Raymo
nd Chandler, who let himself receive major credit for the story.So, this book covers two of her famous novels: “Strangers of a Train” and “The Price of Salt.” A number of short stories are included as well to provide divertisment from the serious novels. She is certainly capable of diversion onto other plateaus of thought.
From Wkipedia
“The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 American psycho
logical thriller written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella. It is an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith 1955 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed as Plein Soleil (Purple Noon, 1960).The film stars Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue (a character created for the film.”
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The other major story in this anthology is “The Price of Salt,” known as an erotic lesbian thriller. There was no movie made because lesbian relationships can’t end up happily in the Hollywood of the nineteen-fifties (book pub. 1952).
These 21st century days, maybe this could be a great counterculture screenplay and movie. It’s a solid story and others of her works (see above) have made good films.
These 21st century days, maybe this could be a great counterculture screenplay and movie. It’s a solid story and others of her works (see above) have made good films.
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