Hello!

Hello! Welcome to the talented Mr Ripley episode of Slate Money goes to the movies.

I'm Felix Simon of Axios.

I'm here with Emily Peck also of Axios.

Hello hello.

And we are joined this week by

Jared Holt.

Jarrad, introduce yourself and tell us about how you managed to persuade us to watch two movies this week

because we're actually watching not just one but do.

Hello Emily, hello Felix. I am the former editor of Slate now back to discuss these movies.

I don't know if I persuaded you so much as my first movie choice was vetoed and then we sort of managed to sneak it back in. I say that with

no animosity whatsoever but I think there was sort of a good pairing. That said,

since talented Mr Ripley was not my choice, although I enjoyed it very much.

Does one of you want to introduce it?

Talented Mr. Ripley, just like office space, came out in 1999.

This, Anna's memorablis of movies, all the best movies came out in 1999, even Toy Story 2.

And it was one of those great sort of Star Power Miramax vehicles with all the hot actors in it.

Jude Law and Kate Blanchette and Gwinneth Paltrow and it was lots of expensive locations and Anthony Mingala, the director and Patricia Highsmith novel and I think it was received reasonably well and it, you know, got the glamour.

But the reason why I think, and I can't exactly remember how we managed to draw lights on this one,

but I think the reason why we wanted to put this in

the mix is that it has a very interesting take on class and money and and the

relations between the money and the relations between the money and the not money and it has a relatively I would say normal take on that which is that the people who don't money want money they

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