The American Friend (Criterion Collection)

Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer. Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game is skillfully adapted into this Hitchcock-style thriller by Wim Wenders. A modest picture-framer, who believes he’s terminally ill, is dragged into the seedy criminal underworld by an amoral art dealer who convinces him to carry out a Mob hit. Includes a new, restored 4K digital transfer supervised by director Wim Wenders, interviews with the director and Bruno Ganz, a 2002 audio commentary by the director, deleted scenes, an essay by author and much more. 2 DVDs. 1977/color/98 min/PG/fullscreen.