Film
Hats Off to Hollywood
1972 · 22m · Documentary
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Overview
Picking up the story first presented in I Don’t Know (1970), Hats Off to Hollywood (1972) brazenly and brilliantly mixes documentary reality with fully staged recreations/reimaginings of episodes in the lives of Jennifer and Dana, a loving, bickering couple who challenge the notion of homonormativity. Drugs, poverty, disease, bigotry and prostitution all figure into this disarmingly candid and often hilarious film, a remarkable work that is the apotheosis of director Spheeris’ early work, and a luminous signpost leading directly to The Decline of Western Civilization (1979-1997). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Cast
Crew
- Penelope SpheerisDirector
- Robert SchoellerDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- August 26, 1972
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Documentary
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