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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:26 pm Post subject: Dennis Hopper is dead! |
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Yep. Of "Easy Rider" fame ... and many others.
Sorry I don't have a link but I wanted to beat OTOH to the punch!
OK here's a link:
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni2644645/ |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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I wanted to beat OTOH to the punch!
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And you even threw an exclamation point into the title to capture a bit of emotional flavor. Well played, old man.
As for the deceased, I enjoyed his performances in many films, but there was often a little too much paint-by-numbers "rebelliousness" about the guy. I watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time a few years back, and was kind of annoyed at the way he was hopping around during the shower scenes. Sorta like the too-clever-by-half kid in drama-class who keeps everyone in stitches with his zany improvisations.
And like a lot of 60s types, he eventually slid into a banal hangover period. I recall one Oscars ceremony where he was introducing something or other, and he prefaced it with "Hi, I'm Dennis Hopper. You know, I used to be pretty wild back in the day, but now I'm clean and sober!" To which the audience applauded. And no, there was nothing ironic about it. It was like the whole world had become his 12-steps meeting.
Still, his performance as the "Russian" in Apocalypse Now pretty much defines the Conrad character for me. It was typically over-the-top, and probably overacted, but then that kind of fit the whole tone of the film. |
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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Did you really mean "old man", or something like "old boy"? 
The kind of whack job persona (a la his photojournalist character in Apocalypse Now)of Hopper seems to have provided a model for dozens of "poor man" Hoppers I've met in the last few decades. Case in point: only two days ago I was practically accosted by a "Truther" in the pub who accused me of being a "Bush Operative"(I really must get back to Dubya as to where to send those cheques!). He was sort of the embodiment of a clean-cut crazed Hopper. |
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caniff
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| Baby loves blue velvet. |
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wylies99
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Location: I'm one cool cat!
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| He was amazing in Blue Velvet. The role of a lifetime. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| One of the cable networks has been playing a very early Keanu Reeves film, River's Edge, about a murder and the dead body all the kids in town know about. He played the drug dealer adult role. That whole movie will creep you out, but fascinating nonetheless. |
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falco
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Hopper was an over-rated, drug-addled, egotistical narcissist. I doubt whether he'll be missed by too many.
- falco. |
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ThingsComeAround
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| falco wrote: |
Hopper was an over-rated, drug-addled, egotistical narcissist. I doubt whether he'll be missed by too many.
- falco. |
He was still way more entertaining than GC
And he was more successful than you are  |
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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Loved him in Waterworld! |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you really mean "old man", or something like "old boy"? |
Well, I was gonna say "old boy", but I thought that would have seemed like too much the affected anglicism. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| GRandfather to the indie film movement. Stayed near the top in a tough businesss for a long time. Good painter also. Seemed to have a true love for movies. |
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falco
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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He was still way more entertaining than GC
Who's GC??
And he was more successful than you are
How do you know??? |
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Reggie
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