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Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Fonda’s THE HIRED HAND

Easy Rider helped change the mechanics of Hollywood when it was released in 1969. Both Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda were given carte blanche by Universal Pictures to produce whatever they wanted, with Hopper going on to produce the ill-fated The [...]

February 11, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Dennis Hopper’s COLORS

Dennis Hopper’s 1988 cop drama Colors might be a product of its time (the Rap soundtrack dates it) but it’s also pretty relevant for what’s happening today with the police force across the US. Sean Penn and Robert Duvall play patrol car [...]

August 25, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: L.M. Kit Carson & Lawrence Schiller’s THE AMERICAN DREAMER

The American Dreamer is a 1971 documentary that follows Dennis Hopper as he puts together The Last Movie. Directors L.M. Kit Carson, Lawrence Schiller had total access to Hopper and what they’ve produced is a weird counter-culture documentary that [...]

August 6, 2021