Liliana Cavani

Ripley's Game -- Art connoisseur and genius of improvisational murder, Tom Ripley (John Malkovich) finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a local party. He then devises a subtle and sinister game to exact retribution.

New York-based businesswoman and filmmaker Angela Ismailos offers this collection of in-depth interviews with David Lynch, John Sayles, Catherine Breillat, Bernardo Bertolucci and six other internationally acclaimed film directors. Touching on everything from the creative process and the history of cinema to the necessity of balancing art and commerce, Ismailos's interviews also include sit-downs with Liliana Cavani, Ken Loach and Agnès Varda.

Set in present day Italy where art connoisseur, harpsichord aficionado, master of soufflés and genius of improvisational murder, Tom Ripley (Academy Award nominee John Malkovich -- "Burn After Reading," "In the Line of Fire") finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a local party. While any ordinary sociopath might repay the insult with some mild act of retribution, the game Ripley has in mind is far subtler, and infinitely more sinister, as he hires a man in need of money to commit murder.

Art connoisseur and genius of improvisational murder, Tom Ripley (John Malkovich) finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a local party. He then devises a subtle and sinister game to exact retribution.