The A-Z of Separating People From Their Money

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Intro with Dennis Hopper

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P is for Propaganda

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Hermann and Dennis “The Sultan Of Swing” Hopper

A postmodern journey through the creative alphabet: Hopper plays 26 different characters, deconstructing the world of media and advertising from “A is for Art” to “Z is for Zen and the art of advertising”.

Featuring Bono, Abel Ferrara, Bob Geldof, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, John Hegarty, Takeshi Kitano, David Lynch, Leni Riefenstahl, Wayne Wang and many others.

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Left: Dennis and Hermann Vaske during a break
Right: Dennis Hopper practicing “Z is for Zen”

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Left: Vaske and Hopper on the “A-Z” set
Right: Hermann and Dennis discussing a scene

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Left: Dennis and Cadillac
Right: Hermann with Emotional Network people Anke Thiem, Boris Becker and Nadine Fraczkowski

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Left: Vaske and Hopper on the Croisette
Top: Dennis Hopper, Victoria Hopper and Hermann Vaske in the Palais des Festivals
Bottom: Dennis Hopper: A man of destiny

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Left: David Lynch
Right: Hopper and Vaske outside Warner Studios

Project Credits

A Hermann Vaske Film

Produced by Hermann Vaske’s Emotional Network, Das Werk and Neue Sentimental Film in cooperation with ZDF/ARTE

Starring:
Dennis Hopper
Director and Writer:
Hermann Vaske
Commissioning Editor:
Sabine Bubeck-Paaz
Writer Hopper Sketches:
Hermann Vaske, Risa Mickenberg, Dave Trott
Executive Producer:
Mark Gläser, Christian Leonhardt
Producer:
Falk Prahl, Tanja Frohwerk, Barbara Schmitt, Hermann Vaske
Camera:
Isabelle Furrer, Stefan Jonas, Stephen Ley
Editor:
Phillip Kadelbach, Viola Göpel
Music:
U2, Malcolm McLaren, Parviz Mir-Ali
Title Design:
Ralf Ott
Postproduction Supervisor:
Klaus Braumann
  • Funded by Film Fund NRW
  • Germany/ France 1998, 172 min.

Available on DVD (as part of “The Golden Years of Advertising.”)

Hermann Vaske Filmography