Der Amerikanische Freund

Farewell to the American Friend, Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), last of the Rebel Without a Cause cast to go. A really worthwhile Hopper film to see is Wim Wenders Der Amerikanische Freund / The American Friend (1977); it's the kind of movie one can watch more than once and notice several different new aspects, angles. Let's not forget, besides Dennis Hopper at his best, the great Bruno Ganz, and Nicholas Ray (who directed Rebel Without a Cause) and director Sam Fuller, plus a key sonic role by the Kinks. Filmed mostly around Hamburg, perhaps inspiring Ripley, Hopper's character, to ask,  "What's wrong with a cowboy in Hamburg?"  Indeed, what?

Today's Rune: Wholeness.