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"Wim Wenders's THE AMERICAN FRIEND isn’t a Western in the strictest sense, but the obsession of its central antagonist with 'the cowboy,' that myth of masculine exceptionalism, is both an attempt to claw his way out of loneliness, and a core reason for why he remains, in fact, so achingly alone."

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The American Friend: What's Wrong With A Cowboy in Hamburg? Perhaps there is room for friendship in Wim Wenders's The American Friend, but to simply ask for it is to appear vulnerable. https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/10/25/whats-wrong-with-a-cowboy-in-hamburg-in-search-of-an-american-friend/

7 days ago