Upper Middlebrow

Upper Middlebrow


Episode 53: “Watch Out for Busts,” or Steve Zaillian’s Ripley

May 23, 2024

Bagg and Dukes return to the source material that launched Upper Middle Brow, in the production of Ripley, directed by Steve Zaillian and (quixotically) available on Netflix. The mini-series is unspeakably beautiful to look at and, as we analyze in this episode, listen to. We think it may rise to the level of cult classic, but wonder if Netflix is the right space for this deliberate psychological portrait.