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The American Friend
Der amerikanische Freund
1977 · Film · 125 min
Directed by Wim Wenders
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
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Was Tablet Magazine syndicated article in the vein of Huxley's somatic aspect of transcription.
Alternatively, Wender's credits, for the American Friend was the procuring of a series of gaffers to film the long-shot of Hamburg.
[1]:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/natan-sharansky-doublethink