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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Dana Reuben, Jimmie Michaels
Crew: Penelope Spheeris (Director), Robert Schoeller (Director of Photography), Winifred Rogers (Sound), Don Paonessa (Sound)
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Language: English
Studio: Low Life Productions
Runtime: 22 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 26, 1972
IMDb: 10
Keywords:woman director, preserved film
