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.
come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without is till 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. he said, you
nest. if mr. mcmurphy doesn t want to take his medication orally, i m sure we can for him to take it some other way. mcmurphy was maybe the quintessential role for jack nicholson. it was a part where he could be completely wild and crazy and bounce off-the-walls and bring that kind of unhinged energy. he s someone who all the other patients want to be. i m hot to trot. the next woman that takes me on is going to light up like a pin ball machine and pay up in silver dollars. nurse ratchet is one of the great villains of the 1970s. no, mr. mcmurphy. when the meeting was adjourned, the vote was 9-9. there s the sense of being fed up with authority. its rigidity. i want that television set turned on right now! and that s nurse ratchet. so this is a film kind of about a rebel.
the right time. it was one of the most perfect movies i ve ever seen. i was fortunate enough to go to the oscars the year that chinatow chinatown was nominated. the winner is art carney. gasps in the audience. i leaned forward and i said jack, i m so sorry, and he leaned back and looked at me and said, that s okay, i m a shoe in next year for cuckoo s nest. if mr. mcmurphy doesn t want to take his medication orally, i m sureque a
of the most perfect movies i ve ever seen. i was fortunate. gasps in the audience. i leaned forward and i said, jack, i m so sorry and he leaned back and he looked at me and he said, that s okay, he said i m a shoe in next year for cookoo s nest. one flew over the coo coo s nest, a man who was confined to a mental institution who probably shouldn t be there. if mr. mcmurphy doesn t want to take his medication orally i m sure we can have it arranged he can have it some other way. it s can his spirit be brokeç and can his example help other