The American

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama American
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	Blu-ray Drama American	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Based on the 1990 novel, A Very Private Gentleman, by Martin Booth.
George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen.
After a job ends more violently than expected, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside and accepts one last assignment to construct a deadly weapon for a mysterious contact. But when he pursues a relationship with a beautiful local woman, he may be tempting fate by stepping out of the shadows. Jack soon finds himself in an escalating battle to escape from his secretive past.
Blu-ray Disc, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents: Very private gentleman.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Really Fantastic Art Film! submitted by deleuzean on April 11, 2011, 11:41am If you appreciate the following references, you will likely enjoy this movie: I think this movie is like a cross between Le Samourai and Branded to Kill as directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The American is very "process oriented", slowly paced, and moves smoothly from grand panoramas to minute details. It uses the tools in an art filmmaker's tool kit to create an multifaced crystalline metaphor for the sad (paranoid, overextended) state of American foreign policy.

Overlooked submitted by irenzero on June 18, 2011, 10:09pm If you are looking for a light weight Clooney romp, this isn't it..... on the other hand if you are looking for a 70s style film that harkens back to Le Samourai or Blast of Silence this is your film.

Awesome submitted by mysterio on July 25, 2011, 4:36pm Awesome