An entertaining and eventful book London Review of
Books A true American rebel, Dennis Hopper s amazing
life was a roller-coaster series of triumphs and
failures. Hopper acted in more than 115 movies, directed
seven himself, and passionately pursued an artist s life
as a photographer, creator and art collector. This book
explores Hopper s life from his lonely childhood in
Kansas, to his drug-fuelled days and nights in Hollywood
and his spiritual home in Taos, New Mexico. From Hopper
s early days in Hollywood, where he had an affair with
16-year-old Natalie Wood and took acting lessons from
James Dean, his 60s head trips and the making of Easy
Rider, his lost years in Taos, to his recovery and
political right-turn in the 80s, this book unsparingly
documents his journey from self-destructive bad boy to
iconic survivor of the counterculture. It also delves
into Hopper s tumultuous personal life, including his
dramatic attempt to divorce his last wife while he
battled terminal cancer. This is the fi rst book to
cover the entire life and career of the man who hung out
with James Dean, Elvis Presley, and Jack Nicholson,
co-starred in and directed Easy Rider, and returned to
form in Blue Velvet, overcoming years of alcoholism and
drug addiction. This is a must-have for Hopper s fans,
fi lm buffs, and readers hooked on celebrity
scandals.
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