Robert Elswit‘s black-and-white lensing of Steven Zaillian‘s Ripley (Netflix, 4.4, eight episodes) is drop-dead beautiful — that much is certain.
Pic is based on Patricia Highsmith‘s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (’55) and is obviously a handsomely stylish re-fresh of Anthony Minghella’s 1999 theatrical film version.
The Minghella was set in 1958 (i.e., two years before the release of Rene Clement‘s Purple Noon). The Zallian newbie is set in “the ’60s,” according to the Wiki page.