What's funny is Dennis Hopper is talking about Marlon Brando here in this interview in a similar way his character in Apocalypse Now would talk about Brando's character
OMEGAxWARRIOR Yeah I noticed that years ago when I first saw this. It was like they weren't acting at all LOL. Life imitates art? Or maybe they just never got out of character.
I really miss Dennis. He lived around the corner from my brother's restaurant in Venice Beach and ate there often. To say he was a unique character would be an understatement. He was also brilliant and came from and age in Hollywood we'll never see again.
Why are commentators on RU-vid so utterly vacuous that they can't make any comment without saying something is the "best ever"? To say that Dennis Hopper is "one of the smartest people ever" is to make a statement of inconceivable stupidity.
1986 was just a good year for Hopper in general. He did Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Hoosiers, which got him an Academy Award nomination and Blue Velvet, which really helped cement he was back. In retrospect, his Academy Award nomination should have been for Blue Velvet and he should have won the Oscar, though that performance was pretty dark to be nominated that time as the films acknowledged in the 80s for film awards were more light hearted compared to the 70s.
'I shoulda been a pair of ragged claws/scuttling across the floors of silent seas...' How Apocalypse Now ever got made & was a true masterpiece is quite something. I think I've seen the movie close to 100 times now, in several different cuts, and it always feels like a beautiful and terrifying recurring dream... The madness and brilliance of both Hopper and Brando just magnifies and edifies it. You. Totally. Believe. 'The Horror... The Horror...' 😲
@ sonofaseawarrior 1 of my favorite lines, which is very appropriate these days, "There is nothing more that I detest than the stench of lies", Marlon.
It took 3 years. It is probably my favorite movie though. The Godfather and Goodfellas, is up there. They say "Citizen Kane" is the best, followed by Casablanca and "Gone With the Wind".
Brando showed up on the set of Apocalypse Now overweight and unprepared, held up the shooting for 2 weeks, and then proceeded to give a brilliant performance. No one else could have played Col Kurtz.
Super Mario Bros. is a great bad movie. It's really entertaining if you ignore that it's based on the video game franchise, just put it on sit back and have a good laugh at it. I love Bob Hoskins too. I really miss all these actors that I grew up watching. Most of the actors of today don't hold a candle to the classic ones.
That movie was quite a mess though. But Hopper is always great. It's like when your own vehicle has been running like a total mess but then you bring it down to be serviced by the experienced hands at Jiffy Lube™
It was a great show. I still remember him interviewing Bill Murray and had a boombox playing Van Morrison until Bill asked if they could turn it off. Lol ;) Bob was trying hard to appeal to Bill.
@@robbiereilly I remember his interview with Bill Murray about being at Elvis and John Lennon's public funeral and it was absolutely riveting. I never forgot it.
Clift and Brando: great choices for greatest film actors, but you’re right up there Dennis. You were great in Apocalypse Now, Speed, Easy Rider, and so many more. Thanks for the memories. 🎬❤️🎬
+Izaak Gray True, he could be very charming and cool when he wanted to be. He'd straightened himself out by the time this interview was done (late 80's). Too bad he never got to write any kind of memoir.
my condolences to all americans that loved the man and artist , MR. Dennis Hopper...unfortunately, we, the romanians also lost a great actor, the master Jean Constantin, a few days ago (R.I.P.) :(((!!! R.I.P. Dennis Lee Hopper ( may 17, 1936 - may 29, 2010)...STAY STRONG AMERICA!!!
Brando wrecked movies and sucked for the last 20 years of his career. All this blind love for his acting, when most of what we call his great acting was many many years before his cue card reading, f**k ups.
@@kb9788 Speaking for myself personally, it's not "blind love" at all. He was a really interesting and intelligent dude. Quite a weirdo, in a good way. Also did some undeniably great acting. It's easy to talk shit from behind a computer screen, but I bet you couldn't do what Brando did on stage and screen.
"It's a long story" "We have nothing but time" So refreshing to hear this after watching mostly late night talkshow clips on RU-vid. Someone who actually has time to hear an in-depth story.
It's cool seeing Hopper be so frank and honest. I have heard the story a few times but never from Hopper directly and he owns up to it. "Yeah i was whacked off my face and tormented the greatest living actor in the World for hours". That says alot about a man. You can be a screw up and own up to it instead of excuses
@@thegadflygang5381 "Honest"? I don't buy that he was talking about the little red services book in his boot for one second. What bullshit. It makes zero sense. There's only one book he was talking about, and i don't blame Brando for refusing to work with the rude little punk.
@@Cosmo-Kramer i like Brando and Hopper although both are train wrecks who would probably annoy the shjt out of me in person IRL. Brando with his self righteousness and Hopper being whacked all the time. What do you think he carrying. Some Marxist or Bolshevik shit? I have read the Manifesto a few times out of curiosity but wearing it in my boot would definitely be a cause to slap the shit out of anyone
@@ruly8153 He said something like "Mr Dean wears the jacket I wore last year, rides the bike I rode last year, and makes the films that I made last year"
"Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse" is an excellent documentary on the making of the film, for those who don't know. It must have been absolute hell to make. I sure do miss Dennis Hopper.
We may not have a proper memoir of Mr Hopper but we know he sure had one heck of a ride, almost as legendary as the ride you could have should you bring your vehicle to be serviced by the experienced hands at Jiffy Lube™
YEP.....MIS- PLANNING..I WARNED FRANCIS & THE PRODUCERS OF THE BAD WEATHER, TYPHOONS, MARCOS, ETC...& FRANCIS SAID:.."WHAT ARE YOU, A FUCKING WEATHERMAN?"..& I SAID TO FRANCIS: "IVE BEEN CALLED WORSE THINGS BY BETTER PEOPLE, FRANCIS"..JACK ENGLISH, LOCATION SCOUT ON "APOCALYPSE NOW", (&"GODFATHER, PART 2")
DHwas the bomb. He was a lunatic in Apocalypse Now & his performance was awesomeness! I loved him in True Romance the character was right up his alley. He was a total trip & I miss the man.
To have such a bad experience working with him and then to speak of him with such respect and reverence that he does, what a great character this fella had on a personal level 👍
Hey man...you don't talk to Brando..well....you listen to him.The man has enlarged my mind. He's a poet warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes uh.. well you say hello to him and he will walk right by you and he won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you and throw you in a corner and say "did you know concentration is the middle word in the method? " I mean.. I'm a little man..he's a great man... uh.. I should have been a nobody actor scuttling across floors of silent dinner theatres...
I loved Apocalypse Now on the big screen during its premiere, but I must add that Mrs. C.’s documentary is an essential companion to the film, and in some ways sheds light on a very dark time.
I agree. Almost as essential a companion to the film, as is the essential companion you'll find when you bring your vehicle to be serviced by the experienced hands at your local Jiffy Lube™
By then Dennis knew how to mold and shape his visual performance with experience, much like the experience we will handle your vehicle at your local Jiffy Lube™.
Long before I finally saw him in "Easy Rider" I had seen him in "Blue Velvet". I didn't know for years later he was in "Apocalypse Now" (and "Rebel Without a Cause") and so I had a sort of reverse idea of him. People trashed him for Blue Velvet saying he's just doing his Easy Rider shtick, and I'd never seen him before.
I read back then they had script reading meetings. He charged 70k to sit and have dinner while another person would read the script and his lines. So if he decided to do the film he was payed a million a week if he did not like it he took the 70k and simply left. He had at least three of these a week and they said out of all of them maybe did 1 film and would just pocket the money. Pretty much was like a 70k meet and greet with directors and writers lol.
@@chatchit2996 Well, there's a few arguments for OP's statement. But I'm more interested in your views, Chat Chit. In your mind - actors and celebrities are not more eccentric and/or weirder than your average tax paying citizen?
Wow, in retrospect these Bob Costas shows were such treasures. No late night shows except Tavis Smiley have adult, in-depth discussions with their guests the way Costas does, and Tavis isn't as good at it.
+steve conn I agree. I remember his interview with Paul Simon. Costas is a huge fan, and knew many of his lyrics intimately, and Simon was just flummoxed. It was great TV.
Agree. Costas is one of the best interviewers. He and Cavett. Check out Bob's interviews with Paul McCartney, Mickey Mantle and Audrey Meadows, to name a few. Real gems.
Vantheman 12 so many people have not seen that movie. I tell them about it, how great it is, mention the title, and I can then see in their faces, “ah not for me”
@@DanielHBuchmann Funny that Tarrantino still hasn't seen it. But I understand not wanting to ruin the movie you wrote in your head and then seeing it changed in ways he wasn't too happy with. It is a very fun film.
Agreed with you again. In addition to his dedication to social causes, I read about Brando was a real friend--not fair weather--to many people such as Maureen Stapleton. Brando's penchant for speaking his mind, unwillingness to compromise and please may cause him troubles because he could easily make enemies. Brando was the victim of his own fame, which has attracted unethical writers writing his biographies, filled with inaccuracies, speculations and lies. He really doesn't deserves these.
ya we miss ya Dennis your time less you crazy guy ...good stuff lost intervews save on VHS and transfer befor they are gone thankyou sir for your time in transfering this stuff to to days fletting meada
The scene in Apocalypse Now where Marlon is reading the 'Hollow Man' and Dennis goes off on a tangent about 'no maybes, no supposes' etc etc is amazing, it turns out that it was real and unscripted and when Marlon throws the bananas at Dennis and calls him a mutt it is real. I think Dennis was so spaced out at that point in his life he was unable to relate to in anyway and Marlon just couldnt take it bieng in his presence. Francis casting Dennis in that role however was perfect for the film...
@@jackrenglish Dennis was a great x factor for Brando I'm sure . I bet the ambience there on set was as surreal as the film ! Wasn't one of the sets totally destroyed by a typhoon? Manic depressive weather aligned with Coppolas temperament lol
@@rolanddeschain965 yea it was the helicopter scene set .. also the original theatrical release had like 10 minutes of airstrike footage destruction of Kurtz compound at the end . I saw it when released in 79. As trivia , noone knows what happened to the Rolex with no bezel Brando wore .
@@morfeophantasm7435 I was 11 when this came out , me and a friend went and bought tickets to a movie called Xanadu then went into apocalypse now. They still had ushers back then and 3 different times that guy sent us back to xanadu.....God what a terrible movie. Olivia Newton John was cute but damn it!!!
the funny thing is back in the day deer hunter got all the press and apocalypse now was kind of panned, but today its a classic and deer hunter is forgotten.
After bankrupting a studio, Hollywood did it’s best to erase Michael Cimimo and his films. That said, The Deer Hunter is still remembered, at least for the Russian roulette scene. As far as Apocalypse, the critics couldn’t wait to tear Coppola down after his early ‘70s success and the film’s long gestation. After that died down, Apocalypse has become an all-time classic.
Thanks. One thing the haters can't deny - he actually went way out of his way to help someone other than himself: Native Americans. He had no dog in that fight, but he tried to help them in his own, grandiose way. How many people have the courage to do that? And how rare is that? He tried to be a good man, at least once in his life, and that's more than most people. Compare that to just about any other major Hollywood star - they just take the money and run.
That's a great moment at the very end when Coppola's trying to explain to Dennis what the scene's about and he keeps interrupting him. Coppola gets so frustrated - "We'll I'd tell you but you don't let me talk for more than a fucking second!" Classic manic Hopper.
Brando was an acting genuis. Elia Kazan, the oscar winning director, claimed in his lifetime the only acting genuis he had ever encountered was Brando. Kazan himself was a good actor. People who criticize his private life don't even know him. I have never believed that he didn't treat his daughter well or any of maliceous speculations. I always believe Brando was a nice person based on his support of powerless peoples. Brando's sensitivity certainly reflected his soul.
😂 what a STORY!! One legend talking about another ! I can just see DH face , when asking Brando if he read the “ book” 📕!! The misunderstanding must have been priceless 😂
Part of what made Brando so great is the fact he didnt really prepare for the roles he played.. he showed up to the set.. got the idea of what was going on in the movie.. saw the situation first hand then started to think about what he was going to do..... and to be fair what he did and said in the movie was perfect. Couldnt have done it better.
Dennis is quite the story teller :D It's so sad he didn't actually act with Brando ... Both strange genius men. Man it's a miracle the movie ever got released!
He was so scary in that. When he said "I'll fuck anything that moves" you almost feel like we do when we feel like we can service any vehicle with quality and experience at Jiffy Lube™
