Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton (Actor)

Host: Freddy

Freddy's Take

I decided to break ranks and go with an actor this time. Harry Dean Stanton is one of those actors you see in a film and like, but has never really gotten his due as a great character actor. The man is getting up there in age and I wanted to kind of  honor him in my own way. He's really only been a leading man in one film "Paris, Texas". He is great in the film, but it's a movie that really takes some patience to watch. There are long periods without dialogue and the concentration of the film is solely on the backs of the actors and the way it's shot. I have always been a fan of "Repo Man" since my friend Brian got me to watch it way back in the 1980's. Stanton is a mentor to Estevez and his character comes across as a broken down Yoda living paycheck to paycheck. The documentary on Stanton was very interesting. He is a guy who puts his iron in many fires. He was great friends with two of the greatest actors ever (Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson) and has shared the stage with and/or befriended country music legends Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash. His view on life leans towards "nihilism" I guess and just hearing him pontificate on the meaningless of existence is sometimes humorous, but you almost feel like he knows that he contradicts himself when he starts to talk about his loves and friendships. 

Partly Fiction

Repo Man

Paris, Texas

Harry Dean Stanton's Philosophy Of Life

A strange but intriguing video to Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade Of Pale"