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Wim WendersScénario:
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Jürgen KnieperActeurs·trices:
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Jean Eustache, Lou Castel, Peter Lilienthal, Wim Wenders (plus)VOD (1)
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Tom Ripley, cowboy urbain américain, arpente la ville allemande de Hambourg à la manière d’un Far West, où il est venu pour son commerce de tableaux contrefaits. Il fait la connaissance de Jonathan Zimmerman, un encadreur de tableaux. Ce dernier remarque que le bleu du tableau de Derwatt qu’il lui a confié ne possédait pas sa teinte habituelle. Impressionné par la sagacité du bonhomme, Tom le recommande à Raoul Minot, un malfrat français qui recherche un tueur à gage. Tant pis si le modeste artisan n’y connait rien à l’art du meurtre. Jonathan, atteint d’un cancer incurable, n’hésite pourtant pas à accepter le marché… (Les Acacias)
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Un drame-thriller existentialiste sur la manipulation d’une personne en situation critique et l’amitié étrangement compliquée de deux égarés. Le spectateur moyen qui s’attend à un thriller simple et direct ne peut que s’ennuyer, mais pour qui sait à quoi s’attendre de la part de Wim Wenders appréciera l’histoire relativement mélancolique enrichie de la caméra hypnotique de Robby Müller et de la musique expressive de Jürgen Knieper. Le tout est encore amélioré par le jeu passionnant des deux acteurs principaux Bruno Ganz et Dennis Hopper, les scènes qu’ils partagent semblant complètement naturelles et leur épopée donnant envie d’une ration supplémentaire. J’applaudis ces monsieurs des deux mains !
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Wim Wenders is a serious intellectual, and some of his films are so slow and introspective that they are indigestible for the average viewer. The American Friend is a step into a territory where completely different creators operate, and his film could be described as a psychological thriller. Several scenes balance on the edge of the action genre, but Wenders is evidently interested in something else - the psychology of his characters, their relationships, and their motivations. It's not a perfect film, as the screenplay contains some improbable motives, and the deception in Paris is transparent. Wenders leaves a lot to his audience and doesn't reveal much about his characters, which is only to the benefit of the matter because the viewer's imagination can work at full speed, giving the film a mysterious dimension. Dennis Hopper plays one of his typical villains, but his character is far from one-dimensional and is among the most interesting characters he has created in his career. Overall impression: 80%.
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This is a movie that, for me, is right on the line between being great and being just plain good. Wim Wenders has confident and good direction, but that doesn't change the fact that I was bored at times. However, fundamentally, I have no complaints about the acting. The actors succeed in building an atmosphere in harmony with the setting and the director's intentions.
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