Hopper's defining screen moments
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Hopper was mostly in the background, as a member of the gang that plagues James Dean. But, in his first film role, he displayed his unnerving ability to be in the frame wherever the zeitgeist was playing loudest.
Easy Rider (1969)
His career faltered in the early 60s, but Hopper's 1969 counterculture classic came from nowhere to usher in New Hollywood. His debut direction - all contraband New Wave dislocation - was a call to arms. It's a shame everyone was so bombed that no one could agree who wrote it.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Last Movie (1971) shattered his career for 20 years. But Hopper was still apt to play the addled warm-up man to Brando's Kurtz, with a similar line in wayward monologues.
Blue Velvet (1986)
Post-rehab, his screen persona hardened, with Blue Velvet's Frank Booth a convincing audition for the ID parade of psychotics he went on to play. His S&M assaults on Isabella Rosselini made him a Freudian nightmare.
True Romance (1993)
Not in it very much, but earns his keep in one key scene. Christopher Walken has the upper hand as angry mafia don Vincenzo Coccotti. Hopper, choosing not to give away his son's location, makes the most of his final moments with a mince-no-words lecture on the Sicilian bloodline.
An interview...
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário