come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? did you say? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil.
sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil. he said, you ll never get it in color. what do i do? shoot in black and white. the last picture show is the movie that made me fall in love with movies. it just blew my mind. it s about everything that holds you back. it s about being young. there s heartbreak. wisdom that comes of age. and young people discovering how fast time goes. in the last picture show, there was a quality of reality. there s no feeling of watching a performance but of experiencing another human being. really, it s a story about america. about the death of a way of life. so, you re closing the show? nobody wants to come to shows no more. baseball in the summer. television all the time. maybe a necessary death of an old hollywood that had to die to make way for a new generation of filmmakers to tell new stories.
mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being