Film

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

2004 · 1h 18m · Documentary

IMDb

6.1

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.

Dennis Hopper

Self

David Lynch

Self

Sean Penn

Self

Wim Wenders

Self

Julian Schnabel

Self

Thom Hoffman

Self

Bruce Conner

Self

Herbie Hancock

Self

Robert Rauschenberg

Self

Edward Ruscha

Self

Kenny Scharf

Self

• Thom HoffmanDirector
• Piet ErkelensProducer
• Frank de JongeProducer

Release date

May 1, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary