Der Amerikanische Freund

In addition, he also coaxes what is probably Dennis Hopper 's best and most restrained performance;....In this homage to the great films noir of the post-World War II era, German director Wim Wenders creates something that is uniquely European....It is a good performance by any standard, and the fact....Ganz would be the perfect hitman;.... ... Full Review

Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz are superb in Wim Wenders's THE AMERICAN FRIEND, a gripping Hitchockian thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith.....Ganz is equally superb as the tortured Jonathan....Hopper gives one of the best performances of his career as the devilish Ripley, driving around spouting philosophy into a tape-recorder.....both actors brilliantly play off the other's differing acting style..... ... Full Review

When the time came for German filmmaker Wim Wenders to name his production company, it couldn't have taken long to come up with "Road Movies." ... Full Article

One of the saddest declines in recent world cinema is that of Wim Wenders. For a time, say in the mid-seventies, this German director, with movies like Wrong Move, The Goalkeeper's Anxiety At The Penalty Kick and his masterwork Kings... ... Full Article

From the Chicago Reader Gripping 1977 American thriller from Wim Wenders that turns back on itself with deadly European irony. Dennis Hopper is an international art smuggler, Bruno Ganz is a Hamburg craftsman. ... Full Article