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"'''The way the sixties are going'''" is a phrase from a well-known passage in the 1990 comedy-home-repair documentary ''[[Higher State (1990 film)|Higher State]]'' starring Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, and Carol Kane.  
[[File:Higher State (1990 film).jpg|thumb|Poster for ]]"'''The way the sixties are going'''" is a well-known phrase from the 1990 comedy-home-repair documentary ''[[Higher State (1990 film)|Higher State]]'' starring [[Dennis Hopper (nonfiction)|Dennis Hopper]], Kiefer Sutherland, and Carol Kane.  


== Quotation ==
== Quotation ==


Dennis Hopper's character, a gruff but loveable FBI agent and licensed HVAC contractor, states:
At the end of the film, gruff but loveable LSD laboratory engineer and licensed HVAC contractor [[Hurley Wake]] (Dennis Hopper) states:


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The way the sixties are going, the fifties are going to make the forties feel like the thirties — !
The way the sixties are going, the fifties are going to make the forties feel like the thirties — !
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Once we get out of the eighties, the ninties are going to make the sixties look like the sixties— !
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File:Crochet (film).jpg|link=Crochet (film)|'''''[[Crochet (film)|Crochet]]''''' is a 1994 American textile arts thriller film about a bus that is rigged by a terrorist (Dennis Hopper) to explode if a SWAT officer (Keanu Reeves) crochets fewer than fifty stitches per minute.
File:Deacon Billy.jpg|link=Deacon Billy|''[[Deacon Billy]]'' is a proposed film in which actor Dennis Hopper will play Deacon Billy, a Merchant Marine captain who trades his ship and crew for the last motorcycle on Earth.
File:Oil Pirates of the Caribbean.jpg|link=Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean|''[[Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' is an action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Dennis Hopper plays a charismatic antihero who discovers the so-called "Peak Jones" effect, when the world has more Indiana Jones films that it can sustain.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Crochet (film)]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Higher State (1990 film)]]
* [[Hurley Wake]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Documentary film (nonfiction)]]
* [[Documentary film (nonfiction)]]
* [[Dennis Hopper (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_(1990_film) Flashback (1990 film)] @ Wikipedia
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=== Social media ===
 
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1604987996884926465 Post] @ Twitter (19 December 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1518620704941424641 Post] @ Twitter (25 April 2022)




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[[Category:Documentary films]]
[[Category:Documentary films]]
[[Category:Films]]
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Latest revision as of 10:18, 1 December 2023

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"The way the sixties are going" is a well-known phrase from the 1990 comedy-home-repair documentary Higher State starring Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, and Carol Kane.

Quotation

At the end of the film, gruff but loveable LSD laboratory engineer and licensed HVAC contractor Hurley Wake (Dennis Hopper) states:

The way the sixties are going, the fifties are going to make the forties feel like the thirties — !

Once we get out of the eighties, the ninties are going to make the sixties look like the sixties— !

In the News

  • Crochet is a 1994 American textile arts thriller film about a bus that is rigged by a terrorist (Dennis Hopper) to explode if a SWAT officer (Keanu Reeves) crochets fewer than fifty stitches per minute.

    Crochet is a 1994 American textile arts thriller film about a bus that is rigged by a terrorist (Dennis Hopper) to explode if a SWAT officer (Keanu Reeves) crochets fewer than fifty stitches per minute.

  • Deacon Billy is a proposed film in which actor Dennis Hopper will play Deacon Billy, a Merchant Marine captain who trades his ship and crew for the last motorcycle on Earth.

    Deacon Billy is a proposed film in which actor Dennis Hopper will play Deacon Billy, a Merchant Marine captain who trades his ship and crew for the last motorcycle on Earth.

  • Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean is an action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Dennis Hopper plays a charismatic antihero who discovers the so-called "Peak Jones" effect, when the world has more Indiana Jones films that it can sustain.

    Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean is an action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Dennis Hopper plays a charismatic antihero who discovers the so-called "Peak Jones" effect, when the world has more Indiana Jones films that it can sustain.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (19 December 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (25 April 2022)
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