You've seen how Ripley is convincing one big lie - how he lied to Maggie, how he dealt with Maggie's repeated questioning, how he convinces when Meredith and Maggie are there at the same time, how he Dealing with Freddie's suspicions and killing him, how he escaped the police's suspicion, how he dealt with Dick's father's investigation, how he dealt with Maggie's suspicions about himself when he found Dick's ring, how he lied to trick him into meeting him again on the way back. to Meredith, and so on. You see that Ripley handles all this quite neatly, such as killing Dick and pretending to be Dick's identity to create evidence that Dick is still alive; Shout, to create evidence of Dick and Freddy's presence; the most subtle is to leave a "suicide note" in Dick's name - this suicide note, combined with his previous statement to the Roman police that Dick was gay, became Dick's father believed that his son was not a crucial reason for Ripley's killing.
Do not agree with the translation of "scheming" - the literal translation of "genius Ripley" is better. It wasn't in Ripley's plan that Ripley got a job in Italy, but he was happy with the job. It can be seen that Ripley relies on several jobs to make a living at the same time (after playing the piano, he hurried to work as a waiter), and it can be seen that he is struggling in life. The fact that he was wearing a Princeton uniform doesn't mean he planned it, and it's nothing to think of a man of low status as a means of making a living.
And when he came to Mongi in Naples, he found that Dick lived such a free and easy life. Although he did some preparatory work, such as knowing Dick's favorite jazz, and taking a lot of jazz tapes, and always "pretending" himself when he was with Dick, but these did not mean that he planned all this very early, It should be said that he hoped to do this errand well. While living with Dick, he began to envy Dick's life—for example, his homosexuality toward Dick—and it could even be said to contain an element of jealousy. But until he kills Dick on the sailboat, Ripley isn't planning anything, he's just lying about his errand (a Princeton student and a jazz lover) and going with the flow and enjoying such a free life.
And once the expression of gay feelings for Dick on the sailboat was rejected and he became angry because of Dick's words, he "missed" and killed Dick - it is hard to say whether the "missing" here has subjective participation, I think More or less. Since then, he has embarked on a road of no return to cover up the truth by any means. The truth, on the other hand, he wants to get Dick's property and live a rich life. Surprisingly, he was able to combine the two perfectly. There's some luck, but that's where his "genius" side lies.
The film jumps out of Priley's "unlucky" routine, the police didn't arrest him, and Dick's father believed him. Although Maggie was the only one who knew the truth, saying "I know you did it" over and over again, no one listened to her. Until the end, he strangled Peter to death with a silk scarf, but it was certain that he could escape the law - the title of the film is "Genius Priley", and it should be a natural ending for Priley to escape the law. But the film begins with Prily falling into deep thinking after killing Peter on the boat, and also stays in this picture at the end of the film, which is the director's intention, and the director leaves this thinking to the audience—— Ultimately, I think, Prielli is tormented by the mind.
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