The American Friend Comments

  • Carmella 2022-12-06 05:43:02

    What he pays attention to is the changes in the moods of the protagonists. Human nature is so complicated and there is no basis to follow. All external rational conditions are for reference. All the focus is on their moods. I think this film is about describing their hearts. I felt it, and it also made me think of a little thing, and everything a person does is in one...

  • Reanna 2022-11-27 10:39:28

    The interpretation of "adolescence" is appropriate ~ even pre-adolescence ~ the big boys make it together ~ / the invitation to kill is disturbing...the easy submission is even more disturbing~ | a little fan of the hopper at that time~ | "~...

  • Daniella 2022-11-19 10:00:35

    The restoration works well, the use of colors is too bold to not notice, the red cars/sheets/coats... and, rarely, blood in a Wenders movie. A story in the Ripley series, Dennis Hopper is so unique, casually grabbing you at the same time, making you reluctantly but unable to break free from him. It's also Bruno Ganz's first film, although he's younger than Hopper and looks like his dad....

  • Tamara 2022-11-16 19:10:21

    Wandering stalemate life, some black humor. Digging out the other side of Ripley's game is a kind of emptiness and...

  • Dianna 2022-11-13 00:45:31

    Wenders' desire for control is inversely proportional to the quality of the film. The empty footage is so beautiful, it's not honest to make a road movie to imitate your sister's noir film; Lei has a good style; the female characters of director Rivenders I have seen are the most interesting. Hi, Lisa Kreuzer, Kinski, solveig, Teresa....he should write a book about women's...

  • Betsy 2022-10-26 04:03:00

    3.5, Wenders with genre stories, although not as good as his other movies about loneliness, but the color, light and shadow of every scene in this standard collection and restoration version (except for the night scene, which is partly unclear) is quite good, The texture of the film is quite brilliant. I have seen some of the repaired versions in the CC. It is very comfortable to...

  • Coralie 2022-10-23 15:38:52

    [3.5] Based on the extension of sound and light in genre films, the ambient sound overshadows the human voice, and the illumination of the light source covers the action. Under the lens of Wenders, the inspection of urban space is always alienated, and some colors light up the whole monotonous space. But overall it's still within expectations, and it really peaked a few years later with "Paris,...

  • Alexandro 2022-10-19 04:36:40

    "To Henri Langlois"; somewhat ambiguous and sloppy, the shot of Hopper lying on that red bed reminds me of Kevin Spacey's dream of red roses in [American Beauty], where his role is actually Tom Ripley? !; The colors exploded, and then Paris was an important part of the story, which felt like a win; was Wenders the only person in history to have Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller "in the same frame"; "I want to make the Beatles Bring it back to the Hamburg show"; the scar at the corner of Ganz's eye...

  • Laila 2022-10-15 08:10:22

    7.1 Honestly, its narrative baffles me. Gene Siskel Film...

  • Alden 2022-10-11 08:56:07

    The colors of the 4K restoration can only compliment "cool" in a cliché! @Archive Wenders Film...

Extended Reading

The American Friend quotes

  • Tom Ripley: Even this river - this river reminds me of another river.

  • Tom Ripley: I like this room. It's got a good feel to it. It's quiet and peaceful. Just like you. I envy you. The smell of paint and wood. Must be good to work here. Then when you finish something, you can see what you've done.

    Jonathan Zimmermann: It's not that easy. Not that safe and easy. What do you make?

    Tom Ripley: I make money. And I travel a lot. I'm bringing the Beatles back to Hamburg.