03.12.08
Drunk Reviews: The Last Picture Show
So, this should probably be called “buzzed review” because I’m not really *drunk* - but that’s getting pretty technical, so whatever.
The Last Picture Show is really beautiful - not just the cinematography which is clean and expressive, but the story and the characters are really made beautiful by their flaws.
There are also lots of boobs.
Something that struck me about the people in this movie is they are all very classic looking. Even though, yes, that is Jeff Bridges, and that’s Randy Quaid and those are Cybill Shepherd’s tits, so maybe that’s why everything seems so familiar, but everyone in this movie seems to have very classic, timeless features. They could have come from any decade and still wound up in movies or sprawled on chaises for Impressionists or something like that.
Random notes I made during my viewing:
Jacy (Shepherd) = JC = Jesus Christ?
Jacy has the same hair as Claire Danes in Shopgirl. Hm.
Tall, Dark, Hottie: Are you a virgin?
Jacy: Guess I am
TDH: Too bad
Jacy: I don’t wanna be though!
TDH: I don’t blame you. Come and see me when you’re not.
Did you want to know what this movie is about? Basically a shitty town in Texas in the 1950s and there are these 2 guy friends played by Timothy Bottoms and The Dude and both of them really want to fuck Cybill Shepherd, only one of them gets to and the other one has to settle for Cloris Leachman. There is also a pool hall, a retarded kid, a hooker, a MILF, a naked swimming party, an alleged molestation and a movie theatre that (spoiler in the title!) shuts down eventually.
It’s great.