The American Friend (1977)

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Directed By Wim Wenders Wim Wenders Starring Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper  •  Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz  •  Nicholas Ray Nicholas Ray  •  Samuel Fuller Samuel Fuller  •  Lisa Kreuzer Lisa Kreuzer Genres Based-on-20th-Century-Literature  •  Crime Drama  •  Crime Thriller  •  Crime  •  Drama  •  Foreign Language Film  •  Mystery  •  New German Cinema  •  Post-Noir  •  Thriller Studios &
Franchises The Criterion Collection  •  1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die  •  Anchor Bay Entertainment  •  Madman Films  •  1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? Other Titles Der amerikanische Freund [Germany] Release Info 1977-09-24T00:00:00Z September 24, 1977
Color  •  125 minutes NR Rated NR see more films from 1977 ► see more about this film on our blog ►

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topichtennis

topichtennis on 1/23/2011 Reply  · 

Not Wenders best movie, but still very entertaining. It's saturated in character and atmosphere, which is a good thing. It takes 2 hours to tell this mafia story, but each frame is filled with such vibrance time seems to pass by too quickly. The story is primarily told through two point of views, Ganz and Hooper. This poses a dilemma of sorts because you can see their motives, but you aren't sure what bigger event is playing out. This really doesn't hinder the movie too much as focus starts to shift to Ganz and Hooper's semi homoerotic relationship.

8/10

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