The American Dreamer

There is a fuzzy underground feel to this film: choppy editing, sudden freeze frames, maundering voiceover. It has archival value as a study of Hopper and a footnote to the American new wave.

The American Dreamer may fail as a definitive portrait of icon or movement, but works as a Polaroid snapshot of a fascinating man in a very specific place and time.

The American Dreamer is a 1971 documentary that follows Dennis Hopper as he puts together The Last Movie.

As a piece of cultural history it's kind of interesting. But as a documentary it's pointless.