Review of The Last Picture Show (1971) by Adrian B — 19 Feb 2011

Filmed in black and white with beautiful photography, "The Last Picture Show" is a stunning work, capturing the end of era for a small town in Texas. It mainly focuses on the people that live in the Texas town Anarene, in which all are part of or have been plagued by some sort of scandal, usually involving infedility.

It is one of the first films where everyone does not deserve to exist, just because they are done things are totally disrespectful and innappropriate. However, though they all have their flaws, they have a tenderness and the viewer is sympathic towards their actions at times.

The acting is superb and everyone deserves credit. The photography is beautiful and soundtrack of classic 1940's and early 1950's toons is lovely. This film also feels frightening realistic, and although I am from a big city, I know of small town or two within my province of B.

C. that are facing similar, if not worse, situations and are on the brink of collapse. The scandals impacting those towns are worse. Bogdanovich does an outstanding job with this great film, and like Francois Truffait, he is yet another film critic who had become a director, producing at least one fantastic movie.

Note: two films were briefly shown in the movie: "Father of the Bride (1950)" and "Red River (1948).".