i've seen someone else compare this to breaking bad and its sorta spot on.
both follow a person with a mental illness ready to do some dishonest jobs for their family but where they differ is in that walter white is a sort of deconstruction of a heroes journey to where as here, wenders shows the guilt and character of jonathan zimmer.
dennis hopper is in this aswell and he's great aswell.
the film looks great with its grimey feel and all.(also watch my movie https://boxd.it/bAMBX3 )
The American Friend
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
6/24/1977Runtime
125 minsOverview
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
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GermanBudget
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A glacial psychological thriller about manipulation and moral compromise, where a casual slight between two men spirals into something far darker. Wim Wenders treats the story of corruption and dying as a meditation on complicity and the fragility of human connection.
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UnsettlingParanoidTenseWistful
Themes
FriendshipMortalityBetrayalCorruption
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticDesaturated
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
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Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke
Daniel Zimmermann
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