Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 2004

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

75%

Original Title

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

Production Companies

IDTV Docs

Director

Thom Hoffman

Description

The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his chequered life and career, at the request of Dutch director, photographer and fine artist Thom Hoffman. The latter sifted through the turbulent life story of Hopper, who is primarily known from the cult film Easy Rider (1969). Hopper went through as many high as low points. In conveniently arranged chapters, Hoffman shows the decisive moments in Hopper's life and asks colleagues like Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel to comment on them. The documentary is richly illustrated with film excerpts, photos, newspaper articles and anecdotes. The main reason for this film was the retrospective of Dennis Hopper's art work in the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum in 2001.