I know that Tom had to kill Peter because of Meredith's family being there and all, but what exactly does this end mean? Is Ripley caught as a liar? Does he stay as Dickie for the rest of his life? What exactly does this end suggest?
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - 6 questions
Directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman (add more)
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I know that Tom had to kill Peter because of Meredith's family being there and all, but what exactly does this end mean? Is Ripley caught as a liar? Does he stay as Dickie for the rest of his life? What exactly does this end suggest?
There might not be an official answer to this, but did Dickie really have any attraction to Tom, or did Tom just want to think that he did? [Dickie forms quick, intense friendships with people, and just as quickly decides that he doesn't need them anymore. This was probably just a sudden friendship, not an attraction.]
At the end of the movie, when Tom finds out that Meredith is on the boat, he wants to kill either her or Peter because they both believe different stories about him and might run into each other. Is there any reason why he chose to kill Peter? [I believe it is because things were going good relationship-wise with Meredith, so he had to get rid of Peter because he knew his actual identity.]
After Marge found Dickie's rings at Tom's place and confronted him, why did he hold a razor in his pocket and cut his hand? [I believe he was going to hurt her, but when he was talking to her, he was getting too upset and frustrated, and where he would have made his hands into fists, he then cut himself. Then again, he wasn't totally sane anyway, so there could just be no explanation that we would know of.]
Maybe I missed a major plot point, but why exactly does Tom kill his lover at the very end? [Tom & his lover are travelling on a boat. The rich girl, who knows Tom as Dickie is also on the boat. If they were to meet, Tom's false identity would have been revealed, and the lover would have been able to figure out that Tom actually murdered Dickie.]
Answered by marfbody
Does anyone know where I can find a script or transcript for this movie? [Try this. www.starpulse.com/Movies/Talented_Mr_Ripley,_The/Script/]
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