After many years of searching i finally managed to pick up the VHS release of this utterly bizarre movie. And boy did i enjoy it. I've always been a huge fan of Neil Young and was a massive fan of Dennis Hopper until the early '90s when he started coming back into mainstream Hollywood rubbish. I collected literally everything he did and this was one of the few i didn't manage to get hold of. Young was experimenting with new age music at the time and many of the songs from the underrated Trans album turn up during the movie. Those who followed Hoppers career won't be surprised by his appearance here being good friends with Stockwell and Tamblyn. The film came together on Hoppers property in Taos and by all accounts what made it to screen is hardly surprising considering the partying that was going on. Hopper was in full melt down at this stage and his performance here shows it, he was actually sued along with Young by Sally Kirkland who claimed he cut her with a knife under the influence of drugs. Its interesting to see New York folk singer David Blue here too. A few posters have mentioned David Lynch and its certainly got a Lynch feel to it, Stockwell, Tamblyn and Mary from Eraserhead add to the Lynch connection. Best for me is the brilliant musical number (choreographed by Tamblyn no doubt) at the end and the one of a kind shovel dance!!!! See this movie if you're into Young and Hopper in full gonzo mode....
Review of Human Highway
