At the same time, Hopper was submitting to the inspection of documentary makers LM Kit Carson and Lawrence Schiller the result was this strange, downbeat study of Hopper on location and in his studio. Though I would have said it couldn't be done, Tom Folsom has captured the real Dennis.In 1971, Dennis Hopper was attempting to complete his experimental film The Last Movie, which the studios were hoping (vainly) would be a zeitgeist moneyspinner to rival Easy Rider. "Dennis Hopper was unlike any human I've ever met: consumed with passion for his subject, aesthetically brave, yet possessing a gentle heart. Beautifully written, stunningly accurate, Hopper captures all the wonderful and terrifying contradictions of the sweet, sad, funny, angry, and loving man that was Dennis."-Henry Jaglom, actor, playwright, and director of Tracks, starring Dennis Hopper "What a terrific book about Dennis Hopper-he would have loved it and hated it. But watch out-this visceral book puts you right in it, and some of it is jaw-dropping."-Philippe Mora, director of Mad Dog Morgan, starring Dennis Hopper "Essential reading for anyone interested in Dennis Hopper, the explosive sixties, Hollywood, American cinema, and the art of the twentieth century. A knockout book!"-Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Cronkite All the wild-eyed stories and high-octane pathos in these pages make me miss the edgy, 'grand artiste' Hopper anew. "Tom Folsom's "Hopper" is an electric and rollicking, tour de force profile of Hollywood's great outlaw chameleon. Which is to say, Folsom's gonzo prose pulsates with Hopper's manic energy and fits his madness like a glove."-Peter Biskind, New York Times bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls "Fortunately for him, Dennis Hopper has gotten the biographer he deserves. "Folsom does an admirable job capturing Hopper's manic and spirited personality in prose."-Publishers Weekly 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."-New York Observer "Tom Folsom tears through the life of Dennis Hopper in Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream."-Vanity Fair 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."-Details "Guns, motorcycles, mug shots, drugs, paintings, madness. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. 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.Dennis 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. 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.The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider.
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