125 mins |
Rated
TBC
Directed by Wim Wenders
Starring Bruno Ganz, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Jean Eustache, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Dennis Hopper
Both screenings will feature an introduction by Jonathan Albrite of UNC's Kino Corner.
(Wim Wenders, 1977, 128 min) The second of two depictions of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley character in our series, The American Friend is a loose adaptation of Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game as well as Wim Wenders’ homage to American film noir. Dennis Hopper exudes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who pulls a terminally ill German, played by Bruno Ganz, into a seedy criminal underworld for revenge. As they become entangled in a deepening murder plot, an unlikely bond forms between them.
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Both screenings will feature an introduction by Jonathan Albrite of UNC's Kino Corner.
(Wim Wenders, 1977, 128 min) The second of two depictions of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley character in our series, The American Friend is a loose adaptation of Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game as well as Wim Wenders’ homage to American film noir. Dennis Hopper exudes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who pulls a terminally ill German, played by Bruno Ganz, into a seedy criminal underworld for revenge. As they become entangled in a deepening murder plot, an unlikely bond forms between them.
