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Tag Archives: Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper Curating a Show in Taos
Here’s a really interesting interview with Dennis Hopper about an art show he is curating at a gallery in Taos, featuring six long-time Taos artists (Dean Stockwell included). Interesting take from Hopper on the art scene, what he’s working on, … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Art/Photography
Tagged art, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, photography, Quantum Leap
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Dying Dreams, by William Gedney
Allison and I went to MOMA yesterday to see the current photography exhibit going on: Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West. We both love photography. There were some old favorites on display (Dennis Hopper’s “Double Standard“, for … Continue reading
The Weird Wonderful Look of Rumble Fish
I’m saving up all my big talking for the piece I’m working on about Mickey Rourke right now, but I saw Rumble Fish in high school (it was the big Matt Dillon – S.E. Hinton collaboration that swept the nation, … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies
Tagged Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Mickey Rourke, Rumble Fish, S.E. Hinton
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The Cool School (2008); Dir. Morgan Neville
Last night I went to see The Cool School, a documentary about the LA modern art scene (which was pretty near non-existent) in the 50s and 60s. And a group of artists, mostly male – it was a very macho … Continue reading
3 Similar Actor Stories
Three different actors, three different acting styles and “methods” – but it’s basically the same story. 1. Clark Gable Arthur Miller had written the part of the aging cowboy who falls in love with the girl in The Misfits for … Continue reading
Dean Stockwell’s in Moscow
Or … at least his photograph is. Dennis Hopper has a big show of his photography going on at Moscow’s Museum of Photography. Here’s a nice review of it. About 10 years ago, there was a great exhibit at the … Continue reading
Hopper was wrong
A dear friend of mine, Dennis Hopper, said, “Well, that’s the end of his career” when he found out I was going to do a series. And Dennis, who is almost always right, was wrong. — Dean Stockwell
Who is Gnarls Barkley?
Gnarls Barkley’s video “Smiley Faces” won an MTV Video Music Award for best editing (Ken Mowe was the editor). It’s very witty – clever – and I, naturally, love it cause Dean Stockwell is in it. It’s so silly … … Continue reading
Tracks: Dean Stockwell and Dennis Hopper
More to come – much more to say about this flawed yet lovely film – but for now. Best friends in real life. They’d been best friends since the 1950s at this point. And here they are – Playing characters … Continue reading
Dean Stockwell as “Ben” in Blue Velvet
David Lynch asked Dean Stockwell to play Ben, the creepy pan-sexual pimp and drug dealer who appears in only one scene in the film. But with all the scary crap that happens in that movie, that scene – and its … Continue reading