Cold Mountain (North Carolina) settlement on the real-life mountain. The peak is accessible only by hiking a spur of the strenuous Art Loeb Trail. A major motion picture based on the novel was distributed by Miramax Films in 2003. The movie was actually filmed in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. A Miramax Films spokesperson cited higher production costs however director Anthony Minghella had said that the lack of old-growth forests and period buildings as well as the lack of dependable snowfall were the primary reasons he chose not to film in Western North Carolina. A 2015 opera production followed. "Cold Mountain Hunter" a 2004
Purple Noon a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien and excerpts from a 1981 interview with Clément. The film has also been released on Blu-ray in the UK (Studiocanal, 2013) and Germany (Studiocanal, 2013) and Japan (Kinokuniya, 2011). Purple Noon Purple Noon (Original: Plein soleil) (Italian: Delitto in pieno sole) (a. k. a. Full Sun, Blazing Sun, Lust for Evil, and Talented Mr. Ripley) is a 1960 French-Italian film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith. The film stars Alain Delon in his first major film, along with Maurice