by Tom Folsom
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
and documentary on Dean, 42
and Easy Rider (1969), 123, 130, 131
and film production company of Hopper, 156
and Fonda, 130
and funeral for Hopper, 284–86
gun-related incidents of Hopper in, 156–58
home acquired in, 154 (see also Mud Palace)
Hopper’s affinity for, 124
and Lawrence, 186–87
Penitente religious sect of, 172–73
reaction to Hopper in, 188
as regret of Hopper, 256
Selznick’s trips to, 175–76
visitors, 172–73
See also El Cortez Theater
Tarantino, Quentin, 257–58
Tarzan and Jane Regained . . . Sort of (1964), 75
Tate, Sharon, 163–64, 165
Taylor, Elizabeth, 54–55, 75
television roles, 28–29, 31, 33, 57–58, 59, 74
Tender Is the Night (1962), 72, 93
Texas, 54–55, 125
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), 255
Thailand, 267
Thompson, Hunter S., 266
Tod’s Pashmy Dream (promotional film), 267
The Tonight Show talk show, 249, 252
Torn, Rip
and knife-brandishing incident in Manhattan, 124–25, 128, 249–250
legal battles with Hopper, 252, 253, 263
Tracks (1977), 191, 193, 194–9
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trains
filming of Tracks on, 191, 192–93
of Hopper’s childhood, 12, 13, 14, 18
Traven, B., 211–12
Travers, Mary, 79
The Trip (1967), 96–98, 105, 119
True Grit (1969), 144
True Romance (1993), 257–58
Tumbleweed, Sweet Willie, 104, 257
Turner, Ike, 92–93, 180–81
Turner, Tina, 92–93, 181
Twentieth Century Fox, 60, 63
The Twilight Zone (television series), 74
UFOs, 128
Un Chien Andalou (1929), 80
Universal Studios, 167, 174–79, 180–84
Valencia Hotel, 25
Vampira, 39
Vanity Fair, 242
Variety, 48, 51, 88, 98
Venice Beach, California, 243–44, 247, 261–62
Venice Film Festival (1971), 183
Villa Capri, 39, 55–56
violent outbursts of Hopper
gun incidents, 187, 188–89, 198, 274
against Jaglom, 194
knife incidents, 125, 128, 212, 249–250, 252
in marriage to Brooke, 102–3
and Warhol’s Mao, 187, 274
Viva Zapata! (1952), 23
Vogue, 76, 78, 79
Wagner, Robert, 52
Walken, Christopher, 52, 257–58
Walker, Bobby, Jr.
and Baja real estate, 99
directing aspirations of, 99
drug use of, 99
and Easy Rider (1969), 129
escape-pod-at-sea dreams of, 129, 269
and Hopper’s party for Warhol, 75
on Hopper’s pursuits, 269
Hopper’s relationship with, 129
and The Last Movie (1971), 98
on Nicholson’s charm, 96–97
and photography of Hopper, 72–73
Walker, Robert, 269
Warhol, Andy
Dennis Hopper, 1971, 274, 276
Double Mona Lisa, 76
featured in Hopper’s art collection, 165, 187, 274
Hopper’s party for, 73–75
on Hopper’s trip to Mexico, 211
Kiss, 165
Mao, 187, 274
on reading, 166
Warner, Harry, 43
Warner, Jack, 65
Warner Bros.
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), 69
Giant (1956), 54–55, 69
Hopper’s contract with, 34–35, 63
Hopper’s return to, 95
and loaning of Hopper to other studios, 60, 63, 65
publicity for Hopper, 34–35
Rebel Without a Cause (1955), 34, 36–37
The Searchers (1956), 57–58
Warner Ranch, 43–44
Wasserman, Lew
influence of, 181–82
and The Last Movie (1971), 179, 180
and Tanen’s independence, 176
and Venice Film Festival award, 183
and Washington’s cane, 180, 184
water, Hopper’s fear of, 100
Waterworld (1995), 64, 254, 255–56
Watts riots, 80
Wayne, John, 81–83, 172, 278
Wayne, Pat, 58
Weekly World News, 52
Welles, Orson
acting style of, 23
on carnivals, 113
and Citizen Kane, 159, 276–77
