The film career of Dennis Hopper spans half a century, beginning in the mid 1950s and ending in the new millennium upon his death. Hopper had a strange but brilliant career on the screen, starting in the golden age of James Dean and John Wayne, going through the Corman B movies of the 1960s, the turbulent but brilliant 1970s, his big comeback in the 1980s, to his days as Hollywood's favourite villain in the 90s, then into the B movies and late TV gold of his final years. This book goes through Hopper's credits, the TV appearances (Medic, 24, Crash), his classic movies (Easy Rider, The Last Movie, American Friend, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet), lesser known classics (Tracks, Mad Dog Morgan, River's Edge), odd ball curiosities (White Star, Human Highway, Bloodbath), lost forgotten gems (Last Days of Frankie the Fly, Blackout, Catchfire) and everything in between. This is the ultimate guide to the screen work of Dennis Hopper, one of the most exciting and charismatic actors the world has ever seen.

クリス・ウェイドが描くデニス・ホッパーの軌跡は、俳優の記録を超え、時代の激動を体現した芸術家の精神史です。本作の魅力は、反体制の象徴から伝説的悪役へと変貌する彼の「狂気」を情熱的に解剖している点にあります。混迷した生涯を映画史に重ねることで、読者は表現者としての真摯な渇望を追体験するでしょう。 映像と本書の対峙は、比類なき相乗効果を生みます。銀幕で炸裂するホッパーのエネルギーに対し、本書はその背景にある哲学を言語化し、一瞬の表情に潜む多層的な意味を掘り起こします。映像だけでは到達できない、ホッパーという磁場を立体的に理解するための必読書であり、視覚体験を至高の思索へと昇華させる一冊です。