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COLORS 30
In the 1950s and 1960s Dennis Hopper was a young actor appearing in classic films like Rebel Without a Cause, Giant and The Sons of Katie Elder. But by the late 1960s Hopper was tired of directors telling him what to do. He felt like he knew better and he’d prove it if he could [...]
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Tagged Bloods, Blue Velvet, Colors, Crips, Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider, gangs, Hoosiers, Los Angeles, Rebel Without a Cause, River's Edge, Rodney King, Sean Penn, Sons of Katie Elder
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Seeing Colors
Spike Lee’s controversial new film, Chi-Raq shines a spotlight on the out of control gang violence in Chicago. In 1988, Dennis Hopper similarly pointed a camera at the gang violence in his own Los Angeles backyard. Hopper’s film Colors was a gritty-for-the-time cop drama starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn, but its most important contribution [...]
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Tagged 1988, Bloods, Chicago, Colors, Crips, Dennis Hopper, film, gangs, Los Angeles, Robert Duvall, Sean Penn
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