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Le Cercle Rouge
Why this pick
Its cool, ritualised criminal world, measured silences, and wary bonds between isolated men closely echo the fatalistic tension and nocturnal elegance of The American Friend.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) is a wealthy American living in Hamburg, Germany. He is involved in an artwork forgery scheme, in which he appears at auctions to bid on forged paintings produced by an accomplice and artificially drives up the price. At one of these auctions, he is introduced to Jonathan Zimmermann (Bruno Ganz), a picture framer who is dying of leukemia. Zimmermann refuses to shake Ripley's hand when introduced, coldly saying "I've heard of you" before walking away.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
David Blue
Allan Winter
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Samuel Fuller
The American
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann