Podcast of the year.

two film critics in brooklyn closing the bar

More outright enjoyable than I anticipated—I assumed it would be more academic than entertaining. Welles asks questions just as I do: intent on pressing against friction points and seeking contradictions, mostly interested in making Hopper reflect on and question his own ideology. It's an extended conversation/discussion/debate about the ways in which the two masterful artists view film, politics, and existence. Surprisingly compelling and extremely insightful from start to finish.

2020 Ranking 

As someone who wasn't huge on The Other Side of the Wind and who thinks a little dose of rambling Hopper goes a long way, it's perhaps no surprise that this pretty much left me cold. I won't go for a negative rating as there are bits of compelling quality to Hopper's meandering tangents, with Welles providing a decent enough framework to keep it from spiralling out, but it never quite made itself compelling to me. Or maybe I'm just being cynical and should've cherished this as just watching two geniuses have a conversation, but it just left me feeling a bit meh.

Quick notes from Venice: Orson Welles interviews Dennis Hopper for 2 hours. It's exactly as fun, enlightening, and meandering as it sounds. We are blessed to have been given not one, not two, but THREE new films with Welles in the past couple years.

Very fun conversation among two fascinating figures with a strong generation gap and love for experimentation. It is questionable if this seriously qualify as a movie, but as notes lost in the cinematic drawer it is worth of release. Following these two just circling each other is fun and there's a certain tension in their dialogue as the line betweeen performance and self is often burried particular on Welles side.

"this is that conversation."

damn. what a podcast.

166/200

Other Side Quest of The Wind.

read.kinoscope.org/2020/10/02/youd-be-great-as-jesus-orson-welles-hopper-welles/

“What’s that, a Fresca? Thank you.”

“You’re the first person who’s called me a leftist since John Wayne.”

Goddamn. There is an entire chunk of dialogue that Hopper recycled in Apocalypse Now several years later.

Welles’ pointed cynicism is perfect for exposing Hopper’s pseudo-intellectual babble for what it is. Both are charming and engaging though.

Hopper was right about the future of American revolution being decentralized though. And also that they will never win.

virtual-nihilist.blogspot.com/2020/09/hopperwelles-movie-review.html

2020 Ranking 

As someone who wasn't huge on The Other Side of the Wind and who thinks a little dose of rambling Hopper goes a long way, it's perhaps no surprise that this pretty much left me cold. I won't go for a negative rating as there are bits of compelling quality to Hopper's meandering tangents, with Welles providing a decent enough framework to keep it from spiralling out, but it never quite made itself compelling to me. Or maybe I'm just being cynical and should've cherished this as just watching two geniuses have a conversation, but it just left me feeling a bit meh.

هاپر/ولز همانقدر قابلیت فیلم بودن را دارد که هر ویدئویی که از یوتیوب می بینیم.

La conversazione migliore di questo 2020? No, prima c'è quella di Hong. Però, in ogni caso, qui ancora una volta Welles si prende gioco di tutti. Una conversazione mitica, che smaschera in modo esemplare le ipocrisie della Nuova Hollywood e tutte le contraddizioni che ne derivavano. Il vecchio (Welles) contro il nuovo (Hopper). Possiamo chiamarla filologia del cinema? Sì, possiamo tranquillamente farlo. Ma non è solo questo. Hopper/Welles è anche coerenza drammaturgica, è anche lo scontro del passato contro il futuro. È innanzitutto una riflessione sul mezzo cinematografico, sulle sue potenzialità, sul suo significato ultimo, sul senso della figura del regista. Gioca tra realtà e finzione, Welles, si diverte a ridicolizzare il malcapitato e a demolire la sua realtà tramite l'arte che più sa usare: l'arguzia e l'improvvisazione. E così, diventa anche una tagliente, crudele critica anti-presente, contro quelle nuove ondate (Nouvelle Vague e New Hollywood) che poi, di nuovo, in sé, hanno ben poco.
Spettacolo.

Dennis Hopper, uma pessoa bem mais legal do que Orson Welles.

Late night student party comedown dickswinging. 🥱

Un confronto generazionale fra due grandi cineasti in una chiacchierata a ruota libera su cinema, musica, politica, religione, sesso e tanto altro.

In poche parole, uno dei "podcast" più interessanti che potrete mai ascoltare.

[W/O]

(0:52)

I hereby tender my cinephile card. I could not handle two-hours-plus of Orson Welles' pomposity and Dennis Hopper's intellectual rope-a-dope. One was half-baked (or maybe entirely baked), the other a series of canned pontifications. I guess I suck.

It looked good, though. Reminded me a bit of Andy Warhol, as well as the talk show "Signature" on the defunct CBS Cable network. All eyes on the subject, while the interviewer remains hidden.

Świetna rozmowa, Hopper trochę przeorany przez Orsona, wychodzi z niego hipokryzja życiowa.

"this is that conversation."

damn. what a podcast.

Hopper strokes his beard intently and says things like "I'm not a reader" if you have time for something like that, which lets face it, you probably do.