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Aissi
Firstly, every member of the cast was brilliant.My friend described it as 'slow', which I suppose is accurate. But that's not a bad thing. It's not a fast-paced movie and it's not supposed to be.
It's about youth wasting away in a small town; 'slow' is exactly what the film is.
tomsalad
Cybill Shepherd was so beautifulstarberry697
just grabs her vag lolmi-16evil
As a person who lived near small Texas towns like this, the film nailed the look and feel perfectly. Just drive through the Texas hill country and you'll see a dozen towns like this one.jhhayes
An excellent coming-of-age film.voltesque
Intense material but comes across realistically and brilliantly.ClassicLady
Cloris Leachman always surprises me with her dramatic talents. She's so good at everything she does.criscoJovan
It's always so hard to watch coming-of-age movies.Certainly didn't read or look up anything about The Last Picture Show, so it sure was a nice surprise to see all of those actors and actresses in their early years.
Esnaider
"He was sweeping you sons of bitches, he was sweeping!"thesearethethoughts
So, this film simply would not exist without Polly Platt, Peter's then wife, who is credited for "Design" when she really co-directed and co-wrote the film. It's just frustrating to see she got so much less credit than she deserved. She had the idea to adapt the novel to film, convinced Peter Bogdanovich to do it, she did all the design, she found Cybill Sheperd, found the location, and so much more.Siskoid
Shot in a high contrast black and white that evokes a frozen past, The Last Picture Show is a lot more honest than most when it comes to telling "coming of age" stories. The formula normally demands such films end on the kids either moving on, or on the cusp of moving on, to bigger and better things. That's not the reality, especially not in the dead end Texan town of the film, where even those with more options than others get mired in the muck of the status quo, out of fear and anxiety. It's about what keeps you from moving on, and subverts the usual movie trope of everyone having great ambitions and the capacity to realize them. The younger characters are the leads, but - and this may be a function of age - I was more drawn to the supporting adult roles, examples of what happens to people who never did move on, and regret it to some degree. Beautiful performances from Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, and Cloris Leachman in a difficult and atypical role, but 1971's fresh new faces have a lot to offer too, with early roles for Jeff Bridges, Cybill Sherpherd and Randy Quaid. Timothy Bottoms didn't becomes a household name, but he carries the film with heart and soul.Big A2
@Aissi: I totally agree. If this movie moved even just slightly faster it's mesmerising pace and mood would be ruined.Clintmwells
Timothy Bottoms was outstanding in this.jacktrewin
cybill shepherd, as tomsalad said, is stunningarunraj
great movie .....have gd screenplay n actingShowing items 1 – 15 of 18