I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived in and out of the Movies [Audiobook] by Illeana Douglas
English | December 22, 2015 | ASIN: B01994SLU8, ISBN: 1494568624, 1494518627 | MP3@64 kbps | 9 hrs 51 mins | 271 MB
Narrator: Illeana Douglas | Genre: Nonfiction/Memoir
English | December 22, 2015 | ASIN: B01994SLU8, ISBN: 1494568624, 1494518627 | MP3@64 kbps | 9 hrs 51 mins | 271 MB
Narrator: Illeana Douglas | Genre: Nonfiction/Memoir
In 1969, Illeana Douglas' parents saw the film Easy Rider and were transformed. Taking Dennis Hopper's words - "That's what it's all about, man" - to heart, they abandoned their comfortable upper-middle-class life and gave Illeana a childhood filled with hippies, goats, free spirits, and free love. Illeana writes, "Since it was all out of my control, I began to think of my life as a movie, with a Dennis Hopper-like father at the center of it."
I Blame Dennis Hopper is a rollicking, funny, at times tender exploration of the way movies can change our lives. With crackling humor and a full heart, Douglas describes how a good Liza Minnelli impression helped her land her first gig and how Rudy Vallee taught her the meaning of being a show biz trouper. From her first experience being on set with her grandfather and mentor - two-time Academy Award-winning actor Melvyn Douglas - to the moment she was discovered by Martin Scorsese to starring in movies alongside Robert DeNiro, Nicole Kidman, and Ethan Hawke to becoming an award-winning writer, director, and producer in her own right, I Blame Dennis Hopper is an irresistible love letter to movies and filmmaking.