Una storia raccontata in maniera cinica e nello stesso tempo malinconica, strutturata con sapienza registica. A mio parere Wenders è un regista sopravvalutato.
I wish I could watch every movie ever made but I sadly don't have the time. I'm not interested in this movie because I don't think I'll like it or don't know enough about it to think I might like it. I may still end up seeing it some day though.
Whim Whenders' best movie, says I. Also the best movie adaptation of Highsmith (Strangers on a Train doesn't count because it's Hitchcock and you have to disqualify him or else it gets boring always giving him every "best" prize).
interesting flick I saw at my university film course - never been a big fan but wenders meandering style is kind of like memories of growing up, quite visual but disjointed. Straight after Hopper (we share the same birthday BTW) did Apocalypse now so you see him coming together.
I watched this film as it was part of the German expressionim era and starring Dennis Hopper. Plus, a young Bruno Ganz as the German picture framer.
What I loved was the use of the locationswith the atmospher of the film. From Hamburg to the far end of Germany this creates a unqiue film for me. I enjoyed the use of language withing the film. You have Tom Ripley( played by Dennis Hopper), American and will only speak English but German on some occasions. You also have Bruno Ganz's character and the frenchman( Gerad Blain talking English which i found made the film more familiar to English-speaking countries and certainly you'e able to realte to the character more. Also, you start to understand the impact of the english language, not just through England and America but through Europe.
Certainly the plot is done very well in this and the cross- pollination of the two speaking countries is effective in the story progressing. Overall i recomend this movie to people who wouldn't nessacerily watch a foreign film and hopefully they will watch more in the future. A great thriller to watch filled with suspense, intrigue.
I approached this film with some trepidation as I was less than impressed with the last Wenders film I watched (Paris, Texas which I found to be rather indulgent). Whilst this film does carry his trademark long pauses and rambling narrative, it contained just enough of a surrealisti edge to hold my interest over the 2 hour plus running time.
The plot itself is rather drawn out but essentially it's about the relationship between quiet frame-maker Jonathon Zimmerman (Ganz) and the fraudulent art dealer Tom Ripley (Hopper). Zimmerman it seems is suffering from a terminal illness and his condition is manipulated by a mysterious American mobster who convinces him that he's dying. Fearful that he will be leaving his family without any financial support, Zimmerman agrees to carry out an assassination for a large lump sum. However, things begin to spiral out of control and he soon finds himself increasingly reliant on the eccentric Ripley.
This is an uncoventional a thriller you'll likely to see as it lacks the conventional action sequences and is broody in pace. The films strengths however lie elsewhere, in particular the solid performances by the two leads (Hooper's haunted look was no doubt a result of his long term alcohol problem).
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