At the beginning of the film, it is a monologue by Ripley, and with the confessional monologue, the plot really begins. The ability to adapt makes the couple think that Ripley is a classmate of their son Dicky, so they come out and let Ripley persuade his son who is unwilling to go home from Italy to return to the United States, and provide Ripley with a large sum of money. funds. Ripley accepted it with a half push, and I think he should be quite happy. Before leaving again, Ripley had done enough work. For example, when he learned that Dicky liked jazz, he tried his best to make up for it.
While disembarking, Ripley met Maze, a rich lady, and convinced him that he was Dickie, who traveled anonymously. Maze developed a favorable impression of Ripley.
Ripley finds Dickie and adds a chance encounter, subtly integrating into the life of Dickie and his girlfriend Maggie. Ripley told Dickie his true origins, and he also showed us his superb ability to imitate. Dickey wanted to chase Ripley back, but Ripley got Dickey's interest by accidentally dropping a jazz record and kept him.
In the subsequent interactions, Ripley gradually fell in love with Dicky. Rather than saying that Ripley is gay, I believe that he is bisexual. He also likes Maggie and Metz, but he has a crush on him. Dickie's feelings are even more crazy. As the plot progresses, Dele (it seems to be called this, I can't remember, it's that fat paper) appears. He is Dick's friend and playmate. Compared with Ripley, Dick is obviously more willing to play with him. Delai hangs out together, after all, they are the congenial sons who eat, drink, and have fun. Ripley knew that Dicky often ignored him and trampled on his self-esteem intentionally or unintentionally, but at this time Ripley still wanted to stay by Dicky's side. But Di Qi didn't think so, maybe Di Qi was a little tired at this time. In the letter and urging of Dickie's father, Dickie told Ripley that they should part ways. Originally, they had an agreement to travel to Venice together. Ripley has always been eager to go to Venice, but Dicky did not think about it at all. The matter of going to Venice was serious, he told Dickie that he was going to watch the jazz festival elsewhere, and invited Ripley to go with him by the way, saying it was a good memory of goodbye. At this time, Dick did not consider Ripley's mood, or he never thought about it.
Although Ripley was not open, he still agreed with a smile. He still wanted to spend more time with Dick, and he knew that even if he didn't agree, it wouldn't matter to Dick. At the Jazz Festival, the two were still very happy, and Dicky also complimented Ripley in his own way, which once made me think that Dickey felt that Ripley was special. The next day the two went boating, and Ripley told Dickie that he would save up money to come to him and live together in the future. Ripley thought that Dickie would be happy too, but he didn't expect Dickie to reject him decisively, saying that he was relieved when he left. Ripley didn't give up and started to use Maggie as an excuse, but he didn't expect Dicky to say that he was going to marry Maggie. Ripley was shocked, obviously you flirted with another woman yesterday, and there is a girl in Italy who is pregnant with your child jumping into the sea for you, how can you dare to get married? ! how dare you! I don't believe you don't love me, I don't believe it! The more Dicky said, the more addicted he became, and the prince became ill. He called Ripley a parasite, and the money was given by his father, which means that at the beginning, Dicky never felt that the two were equal, but Ripley was just It is a playmate for his own entertainment, and he is also a very boring playmate, and he is tired of it. When the object of his admiration kept trampling on his dignity and never loved himself, Ripley was also annoyed, and he kept attacking Dicky with his words and annoyed Dickie. During the argument between the two, an angry Rip hit Dicky on the head with the oars. Ripley was also surprised at this time, and he didn't want to, and he was also nervous about Dickie. Dick was furious, shouting that you must die now! and rushed towards Ripley. Ripley swung the oar at Dicky again under the plot, knocked Dicky down, and beat Dicky with the oars. Eventually Dickie died, and Ripley lay on the boat with Dickie's dead lover in his arms.
At this point, the first half of the film is over, exactly 60 minutes.
First of all, let's talk about the characters of each character. Ripley is careful, smart, good at imitating, and knows how to forbear. Although his background is not good, he is very accomplished in art and very hardworking. I don't think Ripley was desperate for the upper life to begin with, because he probably didn't think he would actually have it at the time. But it can be seen from his impersonation of Dick in front of Metz that he is vain and self-respecting, which to a certain extent also shows that he is inferior to his origin. As he said in his conversation with Dick, he likes these things because he has feelings for Dick. I believe he was telling the truth at that time. He is like every one of us. He likes the life of a rich man. He likes to live in a mansion without doing anything. , but it is absolutely impossible to say that he was so obsessed with the life of Cage Dickey that he eventually developed into wanting to replace it. We can also see from the first half that Ripley would not have easily spent the money Mr. Guinean gave him, and he had not even bought himself a single piece of clothing, even though he only had a "decent" set of shirts and coats. So when Dickie said he was going to buy him a coat, he was expecting it, and when Dickie didn't plan to take him to buy clothes in order to hang out with Dre, Ripley's disappointment can be imagined. When he secretly tried on his clothes while Dick was away, he was like a child who secretly wore an adult's clothes. He was happy. On the one hand, he satisfied himself materially, and on the other hand, he satisfied himself emotionally. Later, this behavior was discovered by Dickie who came back. When he learned that Dre was also downstairs, Ripley panicked, and he begged Dickie not to tell Dre the matter. This was a manifestation of Ripley's self-esteem. Don't want people to know his humiliating side and make fun of him. But Dicky ignored Ripley's plea and told Dreyer. When Dreyer teased that Ripley ate Dickie's and used Dickie's father to wear Dickie's clothes, Ripley told Dreyer. Although there is no extreme expression on his face, but he can imagine in his heart, I am afraid that there is a feeling of shame and betrayal. On the boat, Ripley told Dickie that he would make money in the future, and it also showed that Ripley was not just for food and drink at that time, he wanted to be with Dickie, even if he earned money to support them. As for the final statement that Ripley killed Dicky on a premeditated basis, it is certainly not correct, but it is also inaccurate to say that he was a manslaughter. Did Ripley want to kill Dicky? Emotionally, I'm afraid I don't want to, but why did he keep beating Dick with the oars in the end? I think there are many reasons. First of all, this may be an emotional catharsis for Ripley. When the person you admire humiliates you and despise your feelings, won't you be angry? and And he has injured Di Qi, even if Di Qi is not dead, will Di Qi let him go? Of course, Ripley would also be scared, so he might as well just kill him (please refer to the mentality of some drivers who were crushed after the accident), and his colleague also slapped Dicky's face, so he couldn't identify it. In the future, people won't necessarily recognize it as Dickie. Under these various possible reasons, Ripley still killed Dicky, but this did not mean that this was his original intention. He was lying in the boat with Dicky's body in his arms. Why can only his lover die to hold him in his arms? inside.
Next, let's talk about Di Qi's character, Di Qi's typical rich young master, he is handsome, he pursues pleasure, he is not very responsible, he is a playboy, but he also knows who is the last mate, he has a sunny personality, he He is cheerful and active, everyone likes him, but he is easy to get bored of others and can't tolerate blame. He is enthusiastic and indifferent. He brings vitality to others, but he doesn't really care about other people's mood. It was such a dazzling man who fascinated Ripley.
Does he have real feelings for Ripley? First of all, for Ripley, he has a sense of superiority. It stands to reason that Ripley should be a kind of friend to him, but their relationship is obviously not equal. How, if Ripley doesn't agree with Dicky, he won't take him, or he doesn't count in the game at all. Ripley has nothing to do with this, he can only endure it, does Dicky really have the Poole as a friend? I'm afraid not. In Dickie's eyes, Dere's talent with a similar status to him is his friend. Just look at Dickie's Italian friends. But did Dicky really have no feelings for Ripley? I don't think so, because Ripley wanted to enter the bathtub and sniffed himself on the train for a long time. I'm afraid Dicky also saw that Ripley had unusual feelings for him. As a straight man, Dicky is very resistant to this kind of feeling, so he may also have a thought in his heart that he does not want to be too close to Ripley, which leads to his behavioral resistance to Ripley and contempt. It can be seen from the film that Dickie and Ripley were almost inseparable during the short period of time they lived together. Dickie also admired Ripley, and probably liked Ripley to a certain extent. , or Ripley can't be so firm that Dicky loves himself. But Dicky doesn't allow himself to have this kind of feeling, so he is eager to drive Ripley away, and accuse the other party of being boring, annoying himself or something, a little bit of denial, in general, I think Dickey is right Ripley's feelings are very contradictory. On the one hand, he likes to think that Ripley is not qualified as his friend, both in terms of hobbies and poverty level, on the other hand, he likes Ripley's person. , Ripley is different from his other friends. As for love, he has feelings for Ripley, but he himself is very resistant to such feelings, and he is unwilling to admit it from the bottom of his heart. Under the influence of these kinds of feelings, as well as the guidance of Di Qi's personal character, Di Qi chose to never see Ripley again and live his own happy life, so Di Qi ruthlessly rejected Ripley and made a big accusation.
Among the characters that appeared in the first half, there are three more important ones, Maggie, Delai, and a pregnant Italian girl (forgot her name..)
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