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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★★ 16

  "She forgets how young she is,
  and she wants to grow up so fast."

  Genuinely and exceptionally heartbreaking, my god, and Linda Manz gives -- probably one of the greatest teenage performances of all-time here. No hyperbole intended; not gonna shake this one for a while. If you loved her in Days of Heaven then this is an essential disparity, and -- no, just an essential film in general. A rather cynical but honest, musically-driven time capsule as well as a tremendously emotional narrative. Best to go in knowing very little.

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★★ 5

  “Where’d you get those scars?”
  “Dad.”

  A “meaningless” punk gesture of pain so unbearable it can destructively drive through a memory like a big rig at any moment. The only way out is pure annihilation.

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  Review by The_Shape_ 20

  "Motherfuckers! Come in and get me, I'm ready for you! I hate fucking men!"

  I love this movie.

  Linda Manz is remarkable in this. An angry girl with a dysfunctional family trying to cope with the circumstances of her life through a tough attitude and a love of music. When it premiered at Cannes 40 years ago she was considered a sensation and many believed she would be a front-runner for best actress. (RIP Linda 8/14/20)

  Hopper effortlessly steps into the role of the perverted and toxic ex-con father. Some truly uncomfortable scenes, but with some solid payoffs. Reportedly he made a lot of changes to the script and is an uncredited writer, and I could easily see that.

  The…

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  Review by Will Sloan ★★★★½

  I definitely don’t think that being ruinously addicted to drugs helps anyone’s creativity, but then I look at this movie by Dennis Hopper and I have to admit it gives me pause.

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  Review by theriverjordan ★★★★ 12

  “Out of the Blue” concocts an alternate ending for “Easy Rider” that is - somehow - even bleaker than the original version. 

  Directed by Dennis Hopper with the concept of being a decade-past sequel to his generation-defining road flick, “Blue” doesn’t just pull an “Easy” and kill its idols. 

  It kills itself, and everyone it ever loved. 

  The fearless Linda Manz stars in “Blue” as the daughter of an ex con, ex hippie, and - for all intents and purposes - ex father, played by Hopper himself. 

  “Blue” is awash with the after effects of failed cultural revolution. Hopper, and his fellow one-time rebels of the beatnik age, still worship the youthful intransigence of their movement’s founding. In refusing to…

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  Review by Jake Cole ★★★★★

  Hopper took over direction of this film after he signed on as an actor, yet the final product feels as if he'd planned it from the start. Where EASY RIDER suggested that the world was against the new generation and would even kill to maintain order, OUT OF THE BLUE sets its sights on the failure of those dreamers themselves, extrapolating the admitted spiritual failure of Billy and co.'s journey to where now they are the ones causing misery for the next group of young and restless. The open road is traded for a rusting-over small town, the expanse of America's natural beauty for a soiled landfill, and the psychedelic hope of counterculture music for a stripped-down aggressiveness that looks…

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★½ 2

  Seeing a coming-of-age film directed by Dennis Hopper should give viewers a good idea of what to anticipate from an actor who established his career by being a bit of an oddball and not being afraid to push boundaries. And that's exactly what this picture achieves, almost right off the bat, with a seemingly lovely exchange between two characters that's shattered by the shocking death of a group of people, including kids. With this, t The filmmaker sets the tone for the film, signaling that it will not delve deeply into the difficulties that a teenager growing up in a dysfunctional family may experience. Drugs, violence, and.... other things.

  Linda Manz does a great job in the lead role as…

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  Review by c h r i s 🎃 ★★★★½ 10

  Out of the blue and into the black 🎶 

  Dennis Hopper’s denim-soaked dark coming-of-age masterpiece recently restored by Severin is one of their best releases to date, the restoration is godly, the slipcover is double-sided and gorgeous, the special features are plenty. I am so happy to own this gem of a film. 

  Linda Manz Linda Manz Linda Manz, I am blown away at this film entirely, but her performance is so raw and devastating— she was beyond excellent, a young girl trying to overcome the trauma from being the daughter of an ex-con and drug addicted mother but finds solace in music, mainly The King, Elvis—to forget about the pain. She walks proud and boldly wearing a embroidered denim jean jacket…

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  Review by The_Shape_ 2

  "Subvert normality. Destroy. Kill all hippies. Anarchy. Disco Sucks. Pretty vacant, eh?"

  The strangest thing about punk and hippies, is that at first glance they seem day-to-night different, but at their heart, they're two experiences branched out from one core.

  To a punk, modern existence is cyclic; their frustration is that the societal cyclic construct leaves no space for creativity, and thus no space for self expression. Their nihilistic attitude inevitably leads to self destruction.

  The hippy also believes in a human experience that breaks the societal cyclic construct. Truly experiencing each moment... genuinely... and deeply... actually e x p e r i e n c i n g each moment... so much so, that a societally imposed schedule is…

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  Review by KYK ★★★½

  It does...subvert normality... something Cebe (Linda Manz) keeps shouting throughout the movie. Abuse never looks one specific way; on screen, it is as mesmerizing as it is harrowing to ride along with the chaos, to observe the generational dysfunction. This film captures it so successfully that it is uncomfortable to watch.

  It's also fascinating to watch the fabric of a specific subculture weave itself into the story. Manz makes this movie and has somehow inherited the unhinged genes from Hopper. She'll manspread and cuss out a bouncer and adopt Elvis's swagger and order a rum and coke and smoke a joint, but all of it is made so much more disturbing when, at the end of the night, she goes to bed sucking her thumb like a baby.

  Obviously, there's no pretty way out of this mess. Cebe herself says it: "I hate happy endings."

  Anyhow, it's a punk gesture; there's nothing behind it.

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  Review by Laura ★★★★

  linda manz is right up there with river phoenix for me. they both seem to only have the ability to project something that’s open & truthful on screen, no matter what that is. everything about linda’s performance is so natural, which makes it even more heartbreaking. 

  thinking of the two of them today, in their denim jackets,
  looking for a ride towards something new 💙

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  Review by Muriel ★★★★★

  grabbed my heart and broke it into a million pieces.