The Face No. 88
August 1987 · Dennis Hopper by Firooz Zahedi · Nick Kent interview · Jesus in Disneyland / Jazz / Art Against AIDS
The Face No. 88, August 1987, places Dennis Hopper on the cover in a close portrait by Firooz Zahedi under the headline “The Demon in Dennis Hopper — Return of the Prodigal,” with a five-page Hopper feature by Nick Kent.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−
- Completeness
- Main magazine appears intact from the supplied front cover, rear cover and contents/index evidence, but full page-by-page collation has not been performed. No separate issued supplement or free gift has been established from the available evidence.
- Date
- August 1987
Catalogue note
The Face No. 88, August 1987, places Dennis Hopper on the cover in a close portrait by Firooz Zahedi under the headline “The Demon in Dennis Hopper — Return of the Prodigal,” with a five-page Hopper feature by Nick Kent. Published immediately after Hopper’s celebrated performance as Frank Booth in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, the issue captures a moment of renewed cultural attention around a figure whose career crossed Hollywood, counterculture, directing and photography. The contents broaden the document beyond cinema: John Sessions, a jazz feature, Roland Gift, Trouble Funk, ‘Jesus in Disneyland,’ Italian design, and ‘Art Against AIDS’ together make the issue a dense record of The Face’s late-1980s fusion of film, music, fashion, design and social-cultural reporting.
Why this object matters
The Hopper/Kent feature, Art Against AIDS and Trouble Funk material make an outstanding original film-art-music document. Retain 8.8 without treating Blue Velvet-related coverage as a first or independent landmark.
Evidence limits: Main magazine appears intact from the supplied front cover, rear cover and contents/index evidence, but full page-by-page collation has not been performed. No separate issued supplement or free gift has been established from the available evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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