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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"Had he quarrelled with someone?What was on his mind?" From this germ of an idea, she...

"Had he quarrelled with someone?
What was on his mind?" From this germ of an idea, she created a new kind of
anti-hero in Tom Ripley

Full Transcript

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"Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?"
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From this germ of an idea,
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she created a new kind of anti-hero in Tom Ripley.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:41
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas,
S01 • E01 Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite,
S01 • E02 When she returned to austerity Britain - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
When she returned to austerity Britain
S01 • E03 We make a traditional pork and bean and fennel stew - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
We make a traditional pork and bean and fennel stew
S01 • E03 And then it's eaten as a communal meal, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And then it's eaten as a communal meal,
S01 • E02 She set about recording some of the recipes - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
She set about recording some of the recipes
S01 • E01 And doesn't have the money, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And doesn't have the money,
S01 • E03 So the way of life here is all around food, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So the way of life here is all around food,
S01 • E02 - I think that's one of the joys of her writing, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- I think that's one of the joys of her writing,
S01 • E02 You want those Mediterranean jugs, and, you know, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
You want those Mediterranean jugs, and, you know,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Ripley's envy of Dickie Greenleaf - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Ripley's envy of Dickie Greenleaf
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Sole and Conchi, the two cooks - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard narrates: Sole and Conchi, the two cooks
S01 • E02 People read your books with this vast appetite - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
People read your books with this vast appetite
S01 • E01 In many ways, perhaps Highsmith - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
In many ways, perhaps Highsmith
S01 • E01 Like her fictional creation, she'd had a miserable childhood - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Like her fictional creation, she'd had a miserable chil...
S01 • E02 I mean, that's the nature of writing - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
I mean, that's the nature of writing
S01 • E03 - This is possibly one of the most traditional - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- This is possibly one of the most traditional
S01 • E02 And she does it through vegetables and cooking, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
And she does it through vegetables and cooking,
S01 • E03 It's rabbit with sun-dried peppers and lots of garlic. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
It's rabbit with sun-dried peppers and lots of garlic.
S01 • E01 As Highsmith became increasingly misanthropic - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
As Highsmith became increasingly misanthropic