Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz in The American Friend, 1977, directed by Wim Wenders. Declares Pauline Kael: “The young German director Wim Wenders is attracted to the idea of telling a story, but he can’t quite keep his mind on it; he overdoses on mood-poetic urban masochism in this adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel Ripley’s Game. Wenders’ unsettling compositions are neurotically beautiful visions of a disordered world, but the film doesn’t have the nasty, pleasurable cleverness of a good thriller; dramatically, it’s stagnant-inverted Wagnerianism.”
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From what I gather, The American Friend is about Hitler growing his mustache out a bit and becoming The Doctor. Also...
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#the american friend#Der amerikanische Freund#dennis hopper#bruno ganz#wim wenders#ripley's game#patricia highsmith#new german cinema#cinema#das neue kino#pauline kael#new yorker#the new yorker#gun#revolver#cowboy#hitman#crook#thug#crime#bad guy#1970s#70s#seventies#scarf#Film#Vintage
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