#Dennis Hopper

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Blue Velvet (1986) | dir. David Lynch

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Wim Wenders - The American Friend (1977)

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feeling the need to RB this and remind people that Rod Serling saw the rise of 45 in 1963. We have seen this before. We know exactly where this leads. And where you stand now is where you would have stood then. What you are doing now -- for or against this power-- is what you would have done -- for or against that power.

As someone who has worked on war and history in an academic setting, the rise of Trump all felt incredibly familiar to everything I've read and seen.

When Trump started shouting into the void, I said that he reminded me of Vollmer, the character Dennis Hopper played in The Twilight Zone episode, 'He's Alive.'

(First thing's first, please try to go watch this episode and then read the rest of this, because the episode was incredibly well done.)

Everyone told me that Trump was just a harmless clown-- that no one would really vote for him. That I was inventing absurdities just because I don't like Republicans and Trump. He's just a joke. He's a sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic rapist. And no one would vote for him. We're too civilised for this, now. We've evolved as a species, and that will never happen again.

Everyone got a pretty clear reality when people did, enthusiastically, salivate over the idea of having a sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic rapist in power. And over the past few years, he's become enveloped in his own conspiracy theories and hatred. And I am still strongly reminded of Vollmer every time I see Trump speak.

For those who are not aware, the episode is about a tiny, useless little white man who craves power and adoration. (spoilers for a 61 year old show below.)

A man in the shadows teaches Vollmer how to capture the attentions and hatred of the white audiences and rise to power. The phantom is eventually revealed to be Adolph Hitler.

S4 E4, Episode aired Jan 24, 1963, Written by Rod Serling, directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Rod Serling's Opening Monologue:

Key scene where the Phantom (Hitler) teaches Vollmer from the shadows. Tell me that Trump and the other Republicans have not learned these lessons just as well as Vollmer ever did.

Rod Serling's End Monologue:

All of this has happened before. All of this IS happening again. Make no mistake-- Trump is unstable, and doesn't know about half the lies that come out of his mouth every day. But if you think, for a second, that this man has your best interests in mind? You are going to get a very, very harsh dose of reality. But not before millions of people suffer at the hands of this monster, and will for many, many years to come.

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Dennis Hopper

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Blue Velvet - (1) Belgian, (2) German, (3) Turkish, (4) Polish, (5) Italian and (6) French movie posters (1986)

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Jane Fonda by Dennis Hopper, 1967.

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Blue Velvet (1986) French Lobby Cards

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Jennifer Connelly in The Hot Spot (1990)

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Dennis Hopper at the InterContinental hotel bar in Berlin during the shooting of the film White Star, directed by Roland Klick. Germany, November 1981 by Ilse Ruppert

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OUT OF THE BLUE ↳ (1980) dir. Dennis Hopper

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Night Tide (1961) dir. Curtis Harrington

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Polaroid of Dennis Hopper taken by Wim Wenders, 1976

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) dir. Tobe Hooper

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BLUE VELVET (1986, David Lynch)

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Blue Velvet (1986) // dir. David Lynch

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Andy Warhol, 1962 por Dennis Hopper