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Show 'The camera is a weapon' Dennis Hopper of 'Easy Rider' oresents his life - on film r i. cViillpr made his film . ,- : ', , r ' ' ; ; 4 f - . ; ' With campus audiences assuming assum-ing a dominant role in movie attendance, a Hollywood film project is now being designed for direct distribution via the national campuses, ignoring the established movie house distribution routes. Appropriately, the film, "The American Dreamer," involves a maker of cinema's new wave, Dennis Den-nis Hopper. "Dreamer," now filming film-ing in Taos, N. Mex., is a story about Dennis Hopper played by Dennis Hopper. Co-directors of the film are Lawrence Schiller, one of the leading international photo-journalists, and underground under-ground writer LM. Kit Carson. Because of its subject matter and honest depiction of Hopper's lifestyle and points of view, Mr. Schiller plans to market "Dreamer" directly to college audiences. "The idea isn't revolutionary. It's merely realistic," Mr. Schiller says "The action and the ideas in the - film relate to the lives of students. We don't expect other audiences to fully understand it, so why go through the hypocrisy of normal channels of distribution? distribu-tion? Quite frankly, we expect many normal film houses would refuse to book this film because it may not be considered pure entertainment enter-tainment in the normal sense of the word. But audiences with young and open minds will be terribly stimulated by it. Will they enjoy it? Does anyone enjoy a bomb blast? The point is, you can't ignore it." Mr. Schiller made his film making debut with the New York sequence of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Last year he produced the upcoming "Lexington "Lexing-ton Experience," a film that explores the relationship between hard drugs and the world of rock music, following the Pacific Gas & Electric group on a concert appearance at the federal dope rehabilitation center in Kentucky. Hopper, a storm center of acclaim and controversy since his film directing debut, "Easy Rider," sent the movie industry off in new directions, has been as much a center of controversy because of his lifestyle as because of his art, especially since a LIFE DENNIS HOPPER! ...in 'American Dreamer' ! dmg to Mr. Schiller. Itwffl J all aspects of Hopper's existence ' from his art to his sex life. : The distributing Corda Produc -tions will entertain bids from cut-pus cut-pus groups which may wish to ! sponsor the film's exhibition on individual campuses. ( magazine cover story on the actor-director's way of life. "The American Dreamer," filmed from an outline rather than a script, sets up situations relating to Hopper and "lets them explode in front of the cameras," accor- |
