Dennis Hopper

Dennis Lee Hopper (17 Mei 1936 - 29 Mei 2010) alikuwa mwigizaji, mtayarishaji wa filamu, na msanii kutoka nchini Marekani. Akiwa bwana mdogo, Hopper akawa na shauku ya uigizaji na hatimaye akawa mwanafunzi wa Actors Studio. Amefanya onekano lake la kwanza katika televisheini mnamo mwaka wa {1955}, ana akaonekana kwenye filamu mbili akiwa na James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) na Giant (1956). Miaka kumi iliyofuata, Hopper akaonekana mara kwa mara kwenye michezo ya televisheni akicheza nyusika za ugeni, na kufikiwa mwishoni mwa miaka ya [1960] amecheza kama mwigizaji msaidizi kwenye filamu mbalimbali.

Dennis Hopper
Hopper mnamo Machi Kigezo:2010, miezi miwili kabla ya kufa kwake
Amezaliwa	Dennis Lee Hopper (1936-05-17)Mei 17, 1936 Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.
Amekufa	Mei 29, 2010 (umri 74)
Kazi yake	Mwigizaji, mwongozaji, msanii
Miaka ya kazi	Kigezo:1955–2010
Ndoa	Brooke Hayward (1961–1969) Michelle Phillips (1970) Daria Halprin (1972–1976) Katherine LaNasa (1989–1992) Victoria Duffy (1996–2010)

Amepata kuongoza na kuigiza kwenye filamu ya Easy Rider (1969), akishinda tuzo kwenye Cannes Film Festival na akachaguliwa kwenye Academy Award kwa ajili ya Best Original Screenplay akiwa kama mwandishi-mshirika. Mtahakiki wa filamu Matthew Hays alieleza kwamba "hakuna mtu mwingine anayekubalika sana kwa kuonyesha kanuni za maisha fulani yalipotea ya miaka ya 1960 zaidi ya Dennis Hopper."

Hakuwa na uwezo wa kujenga mafanikio yake mwenyewe kwa miaka kadhaa, hadi hapo alipokuja kushirikishwa kwenye Apocalypse Now (1979) imemleta mwamko. Baadaye akaja-kuonekana kwenye Rumble Fish (1983) na The Osterman Weekend (1983), na akapata umaarufu mkubwa sana kwa ajili ya kazi yake kwenye Blue Velvet na Hoosiers, na kwa kazi zake za baadaye zilimsukuma na kupata kuchaguliwa kwenye Academy Award kwa ajili ya Best Supporting Actor. Ameongoza filamu ya Colors (1988). Hopper kwenye filamu ya mwaka wa 1989 "Flashback" ambayo ilitokana na Love Movement ya miaka ya 1960. Pia amepata kucheza kama adui kwenye filamu ya Speed (1994) na Waterworld (1995). Kazi za Hopper za baaaye ni pamoja na uhusika mkuu wa mfululizo wa televisheni, Crash.

Maisha ya awali

Hopper alizaliwa mjini Dodge City, Kansas, akiwa kama mtoto wa Marjorie Mae (amekufa 2006), na Jay Millard Hopper (Juni 1916 – Agosti 1982).

Baada ya Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia, familia yake ikahamia mjini Kansas City, Missouri, ambapo bwana mdogo Hopper alihitimu masomo ya sanaa ya kila Jumamosi katika Kansas City Art Institute, alifundishwa na Thomas Hart Benton. Akiwa na umri wa miaka 13, Hopper na familia yake wakahamia San Diego, ambapo mama'ke alifanya kazi kama mwelekezaji wa uokoaji wa majini na baba'ke alikuwa meneja wa kituo cha polisi (Hopper alitambua, lakini, kwamba baba'ke alikuwa kwenye ofisi za OSS, mjumbe wa CIA). Hopper alipigiwa kura kwa kuigiza vizuri wakati anasoma elimu ya juu (Helix High School, La Mesa, California, kitongoji cha San Diego). Hapo ndipo alipopata shauku ya kujiendeleza katika masuala ya uigizaji, alisoma katika chuo cha Old Globe Theatre cha mjini San Diego, na Actors Studio ya mjini New York City (alisoma na Lee Strasberg kwa takriban miaka mitano). Hopper akapenda urafiki na mwigizaji Vincent Price, ambaye anapenda sana mambo ya sanaa na kumvutia Hopper kufanya sanaa. Alipenda sana michezo ya William Shakespeare.

Filmografia

Alizoshiriki

• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
• Giant (1956)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• The Story of Mankind (1957)
• Sayonara (1957) (voice only)
• From Hell to Texas (1958)
• The Young Land (1959)
• Key Witness (1960)
• Night Tide (1961)
• Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
• Queen of Blood (1966)
• The Trip (1967)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• The Glory Stompers (1968)
• Hang 'Em High (1968)
• Panic in the City (1968)
• Head (1968) (uncredited cameo)
• Easy Rider (1969) (director)
• True Grit (1969)
• The Festival Game (1970) (documentary)
• The American Dreamer (1971) (documentary)
• The Last Movie (1971) (Director)
• The Other Side of the Wind (1972) (unfinished)
• Crush Proof (1972)
• Kid Blue (1973)
• Tracks (1976)
• Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
• The American Friend (1977)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977)
• Flesh Color (1978)
• Last In, First Out (1978)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Bloodbath (1979)
• Out of the Blue (1980) (Director)
• Reborn (1981)
• King of the Mountain (1981)
• Neil Young: Human Highway (1982)
• Rumble Fish (1983)
• The Osterman Weekend (1983)
• White Star (1983)
• The Dynamite Coffin Stunt (1983)
• Jungle Warriors (1984)
• The Inside Man (1984)
• My Science Project (1985)
• Riders of the Storm (1986)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
• River's Edge (1986)
• Blue Velvet (1986)
• Hoosiers (1986)
• Running Out of Luck (1987)
• Black Widow (1987)
• Straight to Hell (1987)
• O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
• The Pick-up Artist (1987)
• Blood Red (1989)
• Chattahoochee (1989)
• Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (1989)
• Flashback (1990)
• Hollywood Mavericks (1990) (documentary)
• Catchfire (1990) (Director)
• Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (documentary)
• Motion & Emotion (1990) (documentary)
• Sunset Heat (1991)
• Paris Trout (1991)
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) (documentary)
• Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) (documentary)
• The Indian Runner (1991)
• Eye of the Storm (1991)
• SnowwhiteRosered (1991) (documentary)
• Nails (1992) (1992)
• Red Rock West (1992)
• The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
• Boiling Point (1993)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• True Romance (1993)
• Chasers (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• Search and Destroy (1995)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Cannes Man (1996)
• Carried Away (1996)
• Space Truckers (1996)
• Basquiat (1996)
• The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
• Top of the World (1997)
• The Good Life (1997)
• The Blackout (1997)
• Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) (documentary)
• Road Ends (1997)
• Michael Angel (1998)
• Meet the Deedles (1998)
• Tycus (1998)
• Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius (1999) (documentary) (narrator)
• The Prophet's Game (1999)
• Lured Innocence (1999)
• The Source (1999) (documentary)
• EDtv (1999)
• Straight Shooter (1999)
• Jesus' Son (1999)
• The Venice Project (1999)
• Bad City Blues (1999)
• The Spreading Ground (2000)
• Jason and the Argonauts (2000 miniseries)
• Luck of the Draw (2000)
• Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
• Held for Ransom (2000)
• Ticker (2001)
• Choke (2001)
• Knockaround Guys (2001)
• Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton (2001) (documentary)
• L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
• 1 Giant Leap (2002) (documentary)
• I Don't Know Jack (2002) (documentary)
• Unspeakable (2002)
• Leo (2002)
• Venice: Lost and Found (2002) (documentary)
• The Piano Player (2002)
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) (documentary)
• A Decade Under the Influence (2003) (documentary)
• Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003) (documentary)
• The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
• Legacy (2004)
• The Keeper (2004)
• The Last Ride (2004)
• Out of Season (2004)
• Tell Them Who You Are (2004) (documentary)
• Inside Deep Throat (2005) (documentary) (narrator)
• House of 9 (2005)
• Hoboken Hollow (2005)
• Americano (2005)
• Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern (2005) (documentary)
• Champion (2005) (documentary)
• The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
• Land of the Dead (2005)
• Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) (documentary)
• Tainted Love (2006)
• The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006) (documentary)
• Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006) (documentary) (narrator)
• 10th & Wolf (2006)
• Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) (documentary)
• 3055 Jean Leon (2006) (documentary)
• Memory (2006)
• By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston (2007) (documentary)
• Hell Ride (2008)
• Sleepwalking (2008)
• Bananaz (2008) (documentary)
• Elegy (2008)
• Générations 68 (2008) (documentary)
• Swing Vote (2008)
• Chelsea on the Rocks (2008) (documentary)
• Palermo Shooting (2008)
• Ferlinghetti: A City Light (2008) (documentary)
• An American Carol (2008)
• The Brothers Warner (2008) (documentary)
• No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) (documentary)
• Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (2008) (documentary)
• The Last Film Festival (2009)
• Forever (2009)

Vitabu

• Biskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, Simon and Schuster (1999)
• Hoberman, J. Dennis Hopper: From Method to Madness, Walker Art Center (1988)
• Hopper, Dennis. Dennis Hopper: Out of the Sixties, Twelvetrees Press (1986)
• Rodriguez, Elean. Dennis Hopper: A Madness to his Method, St. Martin's Press (1988)

Makala za Hopper

• "Dennis Hopper, Riding High," Playboy (Chicago), Dec. 1969
• Interview with G. O'Brien and M. Netter, in Inter/View (New York), Feb. 1972
• Interview in Cahiers du Cinema (Paris), Julai-Agosti 1980
• "How Far to the Last Movie?," Monthly Film Bulleting (London) Oct. 1982
• "Citizen Hopper," interview with C. Hodenfield, in Film Comment (New York) Nov/Dec. Kigezo:1986
• Interview with B. Kelly, in American Film (Los Angeles) Machi 1988
• Interview with David Denicolo, in Interview (New York), Feb. 1990
• "Sean Penn," interview with Julian Schnabel and Dennis Hopper, Interview (New York) Sept. 1991
• "Gary Oldman," in Interview (New York), Jan. 1992

Makala kuhusu Hopper

• Macklin, F. A., "Easy Rider: The Initiation of Dennis Hopper," in Film Heritage (Dayton, Ohio), Fall 1969
• Burke, Tom, "Dennis Hopper Saves the Movies," in Esquire (New York), Dec. 1970
• Burns, Dan E., "Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie: Beginning of the End,", in Literature/Film Quarterly,1979
• Algar, N., "Hopper at Birmingham," in Sight and Sound (London), Summer 1982
• Herring, H. D., "Out f the Dream and into the Nightmare: Dennis Hopper's Apocalyptic Vision of America," in Journal of Popular Film (Washington, D.C.), Winter 1983
• Scharres, B., "From Out of the Blue: The Return of Dennis Hopper," in Journal of the University Film and Video Assoc. (Carbondale, IL), Spring 1983
• Current Biography 1987, New York, 1987
• Martin, A., "Dennis Hopper: Out of the Blue and into the Black," in Cinema Papers (Melbourne), Julai 1987
• Weber, Bruce, "A Wild Man is Mellowing, Albeit Not on Screen," in New York Times, Sept. 8, 1994

Video

• James Lipton (1994) "Inside the Actor's Studio - Dennis Hopper" part 1, 10 min.
• James Lipton (1994) "Inside the Actor's Studio - Dennis Hopper" part 2, 10 min.
• James Lipton (1994) "Inside the Actor's Studio - Dennis Hopper" part 6 (Advice to acting students), 2 min.

Viungo vya Nje

• Dennis Hopper katika Movies.com
• Kigezo:IMDb
• Dennis Hopper Exhibition History
• Dennis Hopper Before and After
• Dennis Hopper: Life & Times Archived 1 Juni 2010 at the Wayback Machine. - slideshow by Life magazine