![]() ![]() ![]() “Folsom does an admirable job capturing Hopper’s manic and spirited personality in prose.” “Folsom carries the reader on a caffeine-and-other-substance-fueled ride.” Folsom plays the part of spiritual medium, taking us through each chapter of the Kansas-born, James Dean-worshipping, psychedelic psychotic’s life, describing exactly what was going through the mind of the semi-tragic American almost-hero at each juncture.” “Folsom has neatly framed actor Dennis Hopper.” ![]() “Tom Folsom tears through the life of Dennis Hopper in Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream.” Even by Hollywood standards, Dennis Hopper led an extraordinary life…Tom Folsom structures Hopper, his book about the man, in a time-bending, sensational style reminiscent of Hopper’s most out-there projects.” “Guns, motorcycles, mug shots, drugs, paintings, madness. Written in a rebel spirit, complemented with iconic photographs, and packed with insights from his fellow actors, artists, and friends, Hopper tells the story of a half-century of rebellion waged at the edge of pop culture. Capturing the magic and the madness of his American Dream, Hopper is a wild ride through Dennis’s many lives. ![]() The hell-raising director who revolutionized Hollywood.ĭennis Hopper’s extraordinary journey takes him to superhero highs and plummeting lows. A quintessentially American dreamer longing to be the next Orson Welles. The actor taken under the wing of James Dean, a friendship that set Dennis Hopper on his path to becoming a star. The kid gone wrong in Rebel Without a Cause. The terrifying psychopath in Blue Velvet. The prophetic madman in the jungle in Apocalypse Now. The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. Blu-ray/DVD Combo | Region Free | 1.As unconventional a biography as Dennis Hopper was a man, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream by Tom Folsom charts his roller coaster life and career through the lens of the landscape of American popular culture.Major support to preserve, digitize, and present this film and the entire Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection is generously provided by the Bentson Foundation.ĭirectors: L.M. Fortuitously timed, fantastically made, and virtually unseen, The American Dreamer is the great '70s film documentary you always wished existed.Įtiquette Pictures, in partnership with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, brings this forgotten masterpiece to home video for the very first time in a new, director approved 2k restoration, painstakingly reconstructed from four 16mm prints housed in the Walker Art Center's Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. Shifting between being an insightful document of a complex artist in the midst of his creative process and a self-reflective exploration and explosion of verite filmmaking tropes, The American Dreamer is a mesmerizing journey into the private world of one of Hollywood's most hypnotic directors/stars. Kit Carson, The American Dreamer is a multi-faceted document of the life and mind of one of the 20th century's great cinematic voices at the peak of his artistic and commercial success. Captured by co-directors Lawrence Schiller and L.M. Hopper's follow-up work, The Last Movie, a deeply personal, but ultimately disastrous, meditation on the meaning of cinema, found Hopper drifting further and further into foolishness. The wild, unexpected success of Easy Rider ushered in what is now seen as one of the most significant turning points in film history, making pathologically rebellious Dennis Hopper an unlikely King Of Hollywood for a day. We will sell out the remaining stock that we have on hand and we will not repress further units. Please note: Etiquette Pictures releases are being discontinued. ![]()
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