The American Friend movie posters

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

From Wikipedia:

The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film written and directed by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith. It stars Dennis Hopper as career-criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coaxes into becoming an assassin. The film uses an unusual “natural” language concept: Zimmermann speaks German with his family and his doctor, but English with Ripley and while visiting Paris.

As with many releases by Filmverlag der Autoren, the poster was designed by Margit and Peter Sickert. And as with several other of their poster designs, the main typeface once more is Intrigue, used in all caps. In the German version, the second A that’s decorated with a star lands right in the center of the setting. The other language versions aren’t quite as symmetrical, and relegate the star to the initial A. Secondary information is added in Beton and ITC Korinna.

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