So I have the sneaking suspicion that the stylized poster and advertising art (above) for George Clooney and Anton Corbijn's The American (Focus, September 1) is saying what the TV trailers cannot, which is namely that this isn't a commercial endeavor, and those seeking assassin-on-the-lam thrills would be wise and better served to look elsewhere. The orange background color is a purposefully jarring arthouse choice, and the female eye — at once lurking and alluring — is too esoteric a thing for Joe and Jane Popcorn. "Prepare for European styling," the above says. Only several more hours until confirmation on this.