Review of The Last Picture Show (1971) by Kevin M. W — 05 Aug 2018
McMurtry's evocation on The American Dream riding on fumes is so bone-chillingly accurate as to raise goosebumps. A town is dying and no one seems to know, or care, or even notice. All there is to do is to sleep with one another or go to the movies (where the life onscreen is better, more lively, than the life in the seats), and even that stuff is losing its attraction.
The bittersweet sadness of promise unfulfilled is as quiet as the wind tossing up the dust gently down Main Street and that the town simpleton is happy to sweep. One of the greats.
This review of The Last Picture Show (1971) was written by Kevin M. W on 05 Aug 2018.
The Last Picture Show has generally received very positive reviews.
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