OUT OF THE BLUE

USA | 1980 | COLOR | DCP | 94’ | ENGLISH

A 15-year-old girl, an Elvis and Sid Vicious’ fan, who sees her father in prison and her mother lost in drugs, is about to experience her own tough coming-of-age in a no-win provincial America. A genuine cinematic, punk dynamite of nihilism, filled with a raw energy that still shocks today, boasting a staggering performance by Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper’s cursed opus is a hidden gem of the ‘80s: A requiem of lost souls, musically permeated by Neil Young’s ‘My My, Hey Hey’, serving as a recurring motif of sorrow and despair. A screening event of a little-seen recently restored film, in co-operation with Midnight Express. L.K.

DIRECTOR: Dennis Hopper
SCREENWRITERS: Leonard Yakir, Brenda Nielson
DoP: Marc Champion
MUSIC: Tom Lavin
EDITOR: Doris Dyck
PRINCIPAL CAST: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon, Raymond Burr

DENNIS HOPPER (1936-2010)
American actor/director. Studied at the Actors Studio and stayed under Lee Strasberg for 5 years. Debuted next to James Dean in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ which marked the beginning of an illustrious career both in the underground and mainstream cinema. Two-time Oscar nominee.

FILMOGRAPHY
1994 Chasers
1990 The Hot Spot
1990 Catchfire
1988 Colors
1980 Out of the Blue
1971 The Last Movie
1969 Easy Rider