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PageTHETIERALDOirttOOKSliIilriyJfartiliifs Entertainment Talking with DENNIS HOPPER By Frank coold call actordirector Hopper the Imm of the Ameri can turn Industry He his come back to life after tome disastrous missteps Id the be in such classic films as Giant and Rebel Without a Cause In be launched a successful directing ca reer Easy Rider a trendset ting film that also cleaned up at the box office Then in Hopper starred In and directed the chaotic dragoriented film The Last Movie Amid minors of drag and alcohol abuse on the set which tamed oat to be true the film flopped and earned Hopper a reputa tion as a difficult filmmaker Six years ago Hopper sought coun seling and swore off drugs and alco hol Since then his career as an actor and director has nourished He re ceived an Oscar nomination for his role la Hooslers and starred in and directed the commercial hit Colors His roost notable performance of re cent years was as a psychopath with a taste for Inhaled substances in Blue Velvet Hoppers new film Flashback could be considered a spiritual sequel to Easy Rider in which be played a 60s hippie In Flashback hes a for mer 60s radical coping with the 80s Considering past the role of the aging hippie In Flashback seems tailorfit for yoa A About four years ago my daugh ter brought the script to me and said the same thing I contacted my agent and he said Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd were being considered for the role so I thought thats the end of it for me But the director decided to cast me after all last film Colon which directed and starred In was a boxoffice hit Why didnt direct Flashback as well A It was never of fered to me to di rect I think thats just as I really like concentrating on just my role That was enough without directing on top of It Yoa were the Sean of the 60s and 70s Did your badboy repu tation hurt your career A It devastated my career After I got sober I did three films back to back without taking a break Then I got on the cover of Vanity Fair and discussed being sober Then Sean arranged for me to direct Col ors and everything is back on track How many years of productivity as an actordirector do think you lost to drug and alcohol abase A About 15 years I think its terri ble I should have directed probably movies by now and Ive only made six I would have directed a movie a year if it werent for drugs and alcohol Inquiring minds are dying to QUIK THAN A COHVEWEMCE OVER 2500 MOVIES MonThurs 99 Including Ralaaia WEEKEND New Releases Other Cigarettes Cigarettes Tobacco Milk 69ti cm Can 95 Tax Bag 99 would have directed a movie a year it it werent for drugs and alcohol Dennis Hopper know What was the substance your character kept inhaling In Blue Velvet A The director said it was supposed to be helium but helium makes you sound like Daffy Duck I went to the director and said want something that disorients your mind like amy nitrate or nitrous oxide He had nev er heard of that stuff So I showed him how youd act after inhaling amy nitrate Dennis Hopper Until your comeback a few yean ago the film that probably nailed a coffin in yoor directing career was The Last Movie In The critics called It and worse things And the public ignored it So ber now whats opinion of the film A I still think its great Ive always liked The Last Movie I did win the Venice Film Festival for It beating out Kurosawa Bergman Truffaut and Antonionl who all had films in competition at the festival that year QAsa director which directors do admire A I liked John Ford Hus ton the Indian di rector ionl Alain I like De Ska lot But Bound is my favorite IBs Is my alltime favorite film worked with James Dean fa two films before he became a legend What were Impressions of him hi days A He was the greatest actor I ever worked with Its hard for most people to realize that while he was alive he had no real acclaim except from his peer group of actors He had no fol lowing from the public because be died before East of Eden and Gi ant were released And East of Eden was a boxoffice failure It wasnt until its rerelease that it be came a classic Whats happening with your film Back Track which was finished a long time ago but has yet to be released A Its in a terrible state I turned over a finished film to Vestron then the company went bankrupt They edited it without consulting me They took all the music out and replaced it with a score that was totally wrong for it They actually put back in foot age that I had cut out They destroyed the onscreen relationship between me and Jodte Foster They cut out all the mysticism and turned it into a chase movie Im trying to get my name off the film If could change one thing In your life what would it be A That Id never taken any drugs ASSN i CRITICS CHOICE VIDEO Rentals Service Open Every Night Till 10 lUOFF VCR at Microwave Repair With This 23SGuelphSl Cinama J GOOEY GOOD TRY OUR NEW DELIVERY SERVICE 306 SI 8731651 AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO FOR TOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE 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