Hats Off to Hollywood 1972
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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.
- Released: 1972-08-26
- Runtime: 22 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Jennifer Michaels, Dana Reuben
- Director: Penelope Spheeris, Robert Schoeller, Winifred Rogers, Don Paonessa
