The Last Picture Show (1971) / Siste Forestilling The Criterion Collection

One of the key films of the American seventies cinema renaissance, The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman’s lonely housewife and Ben Johnson’s grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackTexasville (1990), the sequel to The Last Picture Show, presented in both the original theatrical version and a black-and-white version of Peter Bogdanovich’s director’s cut, produced in collaboration with cinematographer Nicholas von SternbergTwo audio commentaries, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank MarshallTwo documentaries about the making of the filmQ&A with Bogdanovich from 2009Screen tests and location footageIntroduction to Texasville featuring Bogdanovich, Shepherd, and actor Jeff BridgesExcerpts from a 1972 television interview with filmmaker François Truffaut about the New HollywoodTrailersEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller and excerpts from an interview with Bogdanovich about Texasville, with a new introduction by Bogdanovich biographer Peter TonguetteCover by F. Ron Miller