I have great respect for Night Porter's director Liliana Cavani who, whilst making substantial changes to the original story, manages to preserve some of its original emotional themes, particularly the relationship between Tom Ripley and Jonathan Trevanny. I read many of Highsmith's works in the past and I have always found the experience quite fascinating and painful, not even the best screen adaptation can in any way reproduce the reality of complete morale but mostly psychological disintegration she depicts in her books where you will hardly put to find any redeeming feel-good elements. The only catharsis is generated by navigating the angst and the horror of the narrative and getting out at the other end. I personally found the 'Talented Mr. Ripley' more apt to convey a sense of moral and psychological horror, while to me 'Ripley's Game' is more of an excellent and interesting thriller, very slickly executed and with more than a few nods and winks to the Hannibal Lectar's franchise ('Hannibal' in particular). It is quite interesting to note that the original story was set in France rather than in Italy, and some of its more subtle psychological elements are sadly lost. This however is not necessarily a negative reflection on Liliana Cavani's spirited effort.