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Dennis Hopper Dies

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Dennis Hopper, Actor and Iconoclast, Dies - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    OMIGOD!

    This is a major blow. I have always loved Dennis Hopper - young, old or whatever.

    He really played some despicable characters and yet I just got a kick out of how diabolical he could play.

    I usually hate seeing an actor I like play a really bad person - it tends to stick with me and I never like them that much again - not really fair since they are acting - but just a quirk of mine - 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree' -

    At least we have his great body of work to always keep him alive.

    At least he lived to be 74!

    Rock on Dennis...

    (note the gaggle of stars passing in a cluster AGAIN - the two musicians, Gary Coleman and now Dennis - all in about a week or so).
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
    They are dropping like flies.

    I remember him from Big Valley and most recently, 24.

    Boy did he play a great bad guy.

    RIP you great villain you.
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  • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
    I saw Easy Rider recently and loved it, one of the best films I have ever seen. Denis Hopper gave a great performance. Watching from the UK, I it thought it represented what is great about America. The freedom, the huge scale, the individualism, those bikes! It also had an awesome soundtrack.
    There showing some stuff about him on the BBC news now.
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    • Profile picture of the author Patrician
      Originally Posted by madison_avenue View Post

      ...I thought it represented what is great about America. The freedom, the huge scale, the individualism, those bikes!

      ... yeh, good old America: Did you miss the part where the rednecks murdered one of them for having long hair? Yep. 'with liberty and justice for all'.

      (LOL but thanks)
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      • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
        What I liked about Dennis Hopper also was that he was an art collector and very knowledgeable about contemporary art. He started collecting in the 50s before he really had much money at all.


        He also was a photographer, painter and sculptor besides being an actor and director. Here's a photo he took in the mid sixties called "Biker Couple In Bar":

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      • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
        Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

        ... yeh, good old America: Did you miss the part where the rednecks murdered one of them for having long hair? Yep. 'with liberty and justice for all'.

        (LOL but thanks)
        Yes you make a fair point! I was looking more at fascination with the two main characters who seemed to capture something of the of spirit escapism.

        Motor cycling across cold and rainy Britain which is only around 350 miles wide, with small roads doesn't quite have the same appeal as riding through the vast open expanses shown in the film!

        I think the vastness of the landscapes is why American road movies are so popular.
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  • Profile picture of the author l23bc
    such a loss i love this film with dennis hopper and its a great loss

    (Warning strong offensive content:But a brillant seen form movie)

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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    That Blue Velvet guy was the worst character Dennis Hopper ever played. It took me a while to get over it.

    That was the only David Lynch movie I really didn't like - probably his biggest commercial success.

    Rest in peace, Dennis Hopper. You are among the greatest in my book, man!


    Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

    David Lynch + Dennis Hooper = great cinema ( Blue Velvet )

    YouTube - Blue Velvet Scene Dennis Hopper explicit
    p.s. Anybody know what the name of the film was (saw it on cable) where Dennis Hopper played a very sadistic prison warden and - he ends up getting mutilated by this perp that he was having executed (who had magical powers)... It was really gorey.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
      Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

      p.s. Anybody know what the name of the film was (saw it on cable) where Dennis Hopper played a very sadistic prison warden and - he ends up getting mutilated by this perp that he was having executed (who had magical powers)... It was really gorey.
      Unspeakable. A well titled movie.
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  • Profile picture of the author AlanGNW
    RIP Dennis Hopper. One of the great underrated talents of the 20th Century. He leaves some great work behind him.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Yeah, dennis hopper is one of those that just seemed to FIT in the role. In some cases, if I were to cast a film, I would have looked for HIM! well, like patrician said, he lived a good loong time and probably had a good life.

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