This is too bad. I admired his work.
“The Talented Mr. Ripley” is absolutely mesmerizing, one of a handful of films that certify Matt Damon’s absolute genius as an actor*, and Minghella extracted every drop from him. A very disturbing film, but about as perfectly done as a movie can get.
He’ll be missed.
* (And please spare me the diatribes on Damon’s politics. I know all about it. If you’ve seen his silent scene in the gendarme’s office in the second Bourne movie, you’ll have to agree that he can out-act the rest of Hollywood with just the flick of an eye.)
Especially the vacuous third installment which was 120 pages in search of a plot.