The American Dreamer

I like Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider and as an actor in Apocalypse Now. But man, he was one cringey dude around the time this movie was made (1970-sh?). Part of it is the times. It was right as the 1960s were fading into the 1970s. He's full of hippie philosophy and free love; the kind that was about to fall out of fashion. The scenes with the girls seem like free-ish love because they didn't all seem like they were enjoying themselves. The other part has to do with Dennis as artist. He's both brilliant and full of himself. The tortured artist thing is not credible. His talent was evident in his photos and films. He doesn't seem like a guy who struggled too much with it. He was a smart, shrewd man of Hollywood. It's an interesting period documentary, but over all it hasn't aged well IMHO.