Youth in Texas

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Based on the novel of the same name this film from director Peter Bogdanovich stars Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd and Ben Johnson. In a small town in Texas a group of youngsters are coming of age.

This film does a good job of capturing the frustration of youth in a small rural town as well as the complicated relationships of the town's inhabitants. What you get from the film is a great sense of decay not just for the town but also the disappearing youth of the younger characters. There are good performances from the cast and the film picked up two Oscars as well as several other nominations.

4/5