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.
there s been ensemble move ezand there s been ensemble movies, and then there s nashville, which sits firmly at the top. i was talking about the kristy minstrels just this morning. it deals with a political campaign and the sense in which this country is both divided and deluded. y all take it easy now. listen, it s nashville. he was taking boundaries of film making at that point and just pushing, pushing good, you know. i loved the work. he was a real iconoclast, crazy, stoned all the time, but a brilliant film maker. please! i knew that hal ashby would understand the weird oddities that were present. ruth gordon played an