Hopper (34 page)

scouting locations for, 135–37

screenings of, 160–61, 169, 170–71

screenplay for, 160, 161

set of,
6
, 7–8

still from, of Hopper, 274

studio's reaction to, 174–79, 180–85

suicide attempt of crew member, 142

Venice Film Festival award for (1971), 183

Las Vegas, New Mexico, 127–28

Lawrence, D. H.

and
Backtrack
(later
Catchfire)
, 264

drug-induced hallucinations of, 164

and Mabel D. Luhan, 186–87

orgy-themed art work of, 198

Taos ranch of, 126–27, 155

Lawrence, Frieda, 126

Leary, Timothy, 89, 124

Le Bret, Robert Favre, 172

Lemon Junction
(Rauschenberg artwork), 262

Lennon, John, 105–6

Leno, Jay, 249

Lewis, Paul, 122–23

Lichtenstein, Roy, 73, 76, 165

Life

cover story on Hopper, 7, 8, 11, 14–15, 138, 154, 165

cover story on Manson, 165

on Dean, 38, 48, 146

and
The Last Movie
interview, 141, 146

Lipton, James, 64

The Little Shop of Horrors
(1960), 97

The Loners
, 110, 119–120. See also
Easy Rider
(1969)

Look
, 51

Los Angeles, California, 66, 68, 246–47

“The Loved House of the Dennis Hoppers” (Southern), 78

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Eliot), 209

Lugosi, Bela, 165

Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 154, 164, 186–87, 266

Luhan, Tony, 187

Lurie, John, 267

Lynch, David, 226–230

Lys, Lya, 9

Mabel Dodge Luhan House, 154, 157, 158.
See also
Mud Palace

machete incident, 203

Machu Picchu, Peru, 136

Mackiness, Peter, 284

Mad Dog Morgan
(1976), 199–201

The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942), 80, 113, 142, 168, 281

Malibu Colony, 79, 80

Mamas and the Papas, 101

Mandingo
(1975), 69

manifesto of Hopper, 83–84

Manson, Charles, 165–66, 266–67

Manz, Linda, 214, 215–16

Mao
(Warhol), 187, 274

Marfa, Texas, 54–55, 62–63

marriages and divorces of Hopper, 272–73

Brooke Hayward, 69–70, 130–31, 164–65, 261

Daria Halprin, 191–92

Katherine LaNasa, 272–73

Michelle Phillips, 162–63

Victoria Duffy, 273

Martin, Dean, 82

mask made of Hopper's face, 200

Mayer, Louis B., 60

McClure, Michael, 102

McGovern, Eugene, 172

McGuire, Dorothy, 25, 27, 51

McInteer, Mattie Mac Masters, 12–13

McQueen, Steve, 67

Me and Bobby McGee
(proposed project), 156, 162

Medic
(television series), 29, 31, 33

memory exercises, 67, 68

mental state of Hopper

and alcohol/drug use, 190

during
Apocalypse Now
shoot, 207–9

as depicted in
Life
, 15

and Desiree, 217–18

and drug rehab of Hopper, 225, 227

and incident with Jaglom, 194

during
Jungle Fever
shoot, 222–23

kookaburras on, 201

during
Out of the Blue
shoot, 214–15

paranoia of Hopper, 106, 136, 142, 143, 181, 247, 275

Stern on, 162

and Stockwell, 219, 231

in Taos, 187–89

See also
violent outbursts of Hopper

The Merchant of Venice
(Shakespeare), 27

Mérode Altarpiece
(Campin), 89–91

Method acting

and abstract expressionism, 74

and the Actors Studio, 44, 64

and Dean, 44

and Hathaway, 61–63, 82

Hopper's implementation of, 67–68

and jazz music, 57

role of senses in, 67–68

Mexico

arrest and deportation from, 222–23

knife-throwing incident in, 211–12

MGM, 60, 66–67

Milian, Tomas, 145–47, 148–49

Minutes of the Last Meeting
(Fowler), 22–23, 30

Monterey Pop Festival, 101

Mora, Philippe, 199–201

Moses and the Burning Bush
(Haring), 263

Movie Life
, 49

Mud Palace

and Desiree, 196–99

guests at, 163–64

and
The Last Movie
editing process, 158, 169

Mabel's ghost in, 186–87

Monster Room of, 197

Tony House residence at, 187, 189, 190, 196

mug shot of Hopper,
199

Mulholland Drive, Santa Monica Mountains, 39–40

Murray, Don, 60, 62, 63

Murrow, Rol, 171, 182, 183

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 275–76

Nelson, Willie, 255

New Buffalo Commune, 123–24, 188–89

Newman, Paul

in
Cool Hand Luke
(1967), 95

and jazz music, 57

in
The Left Handed Gun
(1958), 59

on painting of Hopper, 73

product endorsements of, 254

New York City, 68, 224–25, 248

The New Yorker
, 184

New York Times
, 32–33, 141, 153

Nicholson, Jack

at Academy Awards,
152

and
The Death Ship
project, 212

at D. H. Lawrence Ranch, 126–27

and
Easy Rider
(1969), 127–28, 198

at Hopper's funeral, 286

and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(1975), 198

and product endorsements, 249

and Sherwood Country Club, 255

and Stanton, 227

in Taos, 172

and
The Trip
(1967), 96–97, 119

and Walk of Fame star ceremony, 274

Night Tide
(1961), 68, 204

Nike, 249, 254

nitric oxide, 228–29

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 164

Olivier, Sir Laurence, 23

Oriental Blue Streaks, 189–190

Orion Pictures, 246

The Other Side of the Wind
(unfinished), 159

Out of the Blue
(1980), 213–15, 220

outsider persona, cultivation of, 51

paintings of Hopper, 30–31, 71, 73, 275

Paltrow, Gwyneth, 267

Pando Productions, 87–91, 119. See also
Easy Rider
(1969)

paranoia of Hopper

acknowledgement of, 275

and film industry, 142

Fonda's acceptance of, 106

and
The Last Movie
, 181

in Peru, 136, 143

in Venice Beach compound, 247

See also
mental state of Hopper

Parsons, Jack, 69

Pasadena Playhouse Laboratory Theatre, 24–25

Penitente religious sect, 172–73

Penn, Sean, 244–45

Perkins, Anthony, 57

Peru

cocaine in, 143

conditions in, 141

issues with the local church in, 145–150

and
Life
journalist, 7, 8, 14–15, 138

Mount Salkantay, 137

scouting locations in, 135–37

See also
The Last Movie
(1971)

Pesci, Joe, 255, 264

Peter, Paul and Mary, 79

Philippines, 202–9

Phillies Records, 93

Phillips, Michelle, 101,
152
, 162–63

photography of Hopper

coffee-table book of, 267–68

and Duffy, 273

enthusiasm for, 72–73

found after Hopper's death, 275

for
Hustler
magazine, 252

of Ike and Tina Turner, 92–93

photojournalism, 78–79, 80

Photoplay
, 46

Pizzo, Angelo, 235–36

A Place in the Sun
(1951), 23

poetry of Hopper, 59, 71

politics of Hopper, 263–64

Pollock, Jackson, 30–31, 66

Pop art movement, 74–76

portrait of Hopper, 263

Portrait of Jennie
(1948), 71

Presley, Elvis, 49–51, 52

Price, Tony, 165

Price, Vincent

acting career of, 87, 264

acting style of, 29–30

and art collecting, 30–31, 264

product endorsements, 249, 254

professionalism of Hopper, 227–28, 230, 235

psychedelic experiences, 101–2

psychiatric ward, 231

Putin, Vladimir, 261

Quechua Indians, 7–8

Queen of Blood
(1966), 87

Raison, Bob, 31

Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, 160–61

Rat Pack, 55–56

Rauschenberg, Robert, 262

Ray, Nicholas, 37, 39, 40, 49

Raybert Productions, 120–21

Rebel Without a Cause
(1955),
43

casting of, 34, 36–37

curse of, 52–53

Dean's performances in, 42–43

filming of, 40–41

publicity for Hopper, 34–35

toy monkey prop from, 42–43, 46

Red Flock Room, 105

Redwing, Rodd, 60

rehab of Hopper, 225, 227

Remains of the Day
(1993), 242

reputation of Hopper

and acting opportunities, 57

for drugs and partying, 224–25

and Hopper's comeback, 242

influence of
Easy Rider
on, 246

for insanity, 236

as a subversive, 82

residences of Hopper

in Bel Air, 71

of Hopper, Dennis Lee, 71

in Taos, 154, 157, 158 (
see also
Mud Palace)

in Venice Beach, 243–44,
244
, 247, 261–63

River's Edge
(1986), 257

road from studio prop shop, 83–84

Robards, Jason, 72, 93

Rolling Stone
, 110, 141, 177

Rolling Stones, 180–81

Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 10

Rose, Charlie, 239, 241, 249

Rosenbloom, “Slapsie Maxie,” 9–10

Rosenquist, James, 76

Rossellini, Isabella,
228
, 229

roulette table anecdote, 231

Route 66
(television series), 72–73

Russia, 261

Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act, 220–21, 251

San Diego National Shakespeare Festival, 27

San Francisco Mime Troupe, 103, 129, 257

Santa Fe Railroad, 10–15, 191

Saturday Night Live
cast, partying with, 224–25

Schiller, Lawrence, 166–68

Schnabel, Julian, 263

Schneider, Bert, 120–22, 175, 184, 275

The Searchers
(1956), 57–58,
58
, 107

Selznick, Danny, 174–77, 179, 183–84

Selznick, David O.

and Bel Air fire (1961), 71

and Jones, 71–72, 269

and
The Last Movie
(1971), 93

struggles of, 184

and
Tender Is the Night
(1962), 93

work style of, 71–72

Selznick International Pictures, 71–72

sex life of Hopper

and creativity, 52

as depicted in
Life
, 15

documentary coverage of, 166–67

and the love movement of the sixties, 190

rumors about, 75

and Wood, 51–52

Shakespeare, William, 23–24, 27, 33

Shankar, Ravi, 101

Sherwood Country Club, 255

60 Minutes
, 256

Skolsky, Sidney, 41

Skolsky, Steffi, 41

Slick, Grace, 101

Smith, Patti, 251

Sons and Lovers
(Lawrence), 187

The Sons of Katie Elder
(1964), 81–83

Southern, Terry

on civil rights activism, 79

on creative madness of Hopper, 78–79

death of, 252

and Dynamite Death Chair Act, 251

and
Easy Rider
(1969), 110–11, 115, 120, 125, 153, 250–51, 252

and knife-pulling incident, 124–25, 253

relationship with Hopper, 251–52

Spector, Phil, 92–94, 265

Speed
(1994), 249

Stanton, Harry Dean, 226–27, 235–36

Stein, Jean, 254

Stein, Jules C., 177–79

Stern, Stewart

and Dean, 46–47

and drug use of the era, 99

film proposals, 268

and Hopper's state of mind, 135, 162

and
The Last Movie
(1971), 93, 98–99, 133–35, 160–62, 268

and manifesto of Hopper, 83–84

party in home of, 59

Stevens, George “Super Chief,” 61, 63

Stockwell, Dean

and
After the Gold Rush
screenplay, 156

and
Backtrack
(later
Catchfire)
, 264

and
Blue Velvet
(1986), 227–28, 230

and death of James Dean, 49

drug use of, 218–19

effect of, on Hopper, 218

on guns of Hopper, 187

and knife-throwing incident in Mexico, 212

and
The Last Movie
(1971), 145

parallels with Hopper, 230–31

on professionalism of Hopper, 227–28

psychiatric ward stints of, 219, 231

and
Tracks
(1977), 193

Stookey, Paul, 79

Straight to Hell
(1987), 256

Strasberg, Lee, 44, 66, 67, 229

strength of Hopper, 205

Sugarfoot
(television series), 59, 74

Summer of Love, 101–2

Sunset Marquis, 217

Sunset Strip

and arrest for drug possession, 121–22

Googie's coffee shop on, 38–39

and photography of Hopper, 72–73

and Sunset Marquis, 217

The Trip
film footage from, 97–98

Super Bowl (1995), 254

Super Mario Bros
. (1993), 248–49

Swiss Family Robinson
(television series), 74

Swope, John, 25

Tamblyn, Russ, 75

Tanen, Ned, 174–75, 177, 178–79

Taos, New Mexico

arrest and jail time of Hopper in, 198–99

and Chicano-Hippie War, 155–58, 285

commune scene of, 123–24, 188