taco 'bout it·Nov 7, 2026 tom ripley wants the man and the expense account
In The Talented Mr. Ripley, attraction comes with an excellent travel budget. Anthony Minghella’s 1999 film places Tom Ripley beside Dickie Greenleaf, a wealthy American enjoying Italy on his father’s money. Tom wants Dickie. He also wants the life in which being Dickie appears so effortless. That overlap is more unsettling than a simple unrequited...bad men·bad men, good lighting