Works from author Patricia Highsmith have been cinematically explored for the last 75 years, with filmmakers drawn to the writer’s sense of seduction and threat, delighting in her fascination with murder. The “Ripliad” has been a particular source of inspiration, examining the ways of character Tom Ripley and his strange personal entanglements and propensity for violence. “A Talent for Murder” isn’t an adaptation of a Highsmith book, but an idea born from playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, who turns her 2014 stage production into a screenplay that toys with the world of Highsmith and her interactions with someone hired to bring her out of seclusion. “A Talent for Murder” strives to blur the line between reality and fantasy, putting director Anton Corbijn (“Control,” “A Most Wanted Man”) to work generating a special aura of pulsating creativity as the characters get down to business in this enjoyable riff on the literary highlights of Tom Ripley. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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