Talk:The Last Picture Show

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Dropped from second para. after "Bogdanovich:

"who had built a reputation as a film critic before directing this, his first feature film."

Incorrect: Bogdanovich's first feature was Targets. -(unsigned)

The better solution is to fix the statement rather than remove all mention of the fact that Bogdanovich was a film critic. - Nunh-huh 21:35, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

OK, will revise. Ellsworth 21:49, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

Actually, the revision is fine. Ellsworth 21:49, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Name of Movie Theater 2 Camera angles 3 Plot and/or summary? 4 Public controversy? 5 Fair use rationale for Image:MPW-5271.jpg

[edit] Name of Movie Theater

The statement "...Sam the Lion, owner of the eponymous movie theater..." is an incorrect statement. The name of the theater in the book and the movie is the Royal. It couldn't be eponymous unless the actual name of the theater was The Last Picture Show. The title of the movie (and the book for that matter) refers to the final showing of a movie at the theater before it shuts down symbollically referencing the death of Sam the Lion and the dying town itself. Someone on this site is in love with the word eponymous because I see it used every chance they get on several entries. I guess it's one of those words that makes the user feel intelligent like the use of the word "esoteric".

[edit] Camera angles

The statement about camera angles is not correct. For example toward the end of the fight scene with the beer bottle, there is an overhead shot.

I caught that, too. I will change that line. Rsmoore 16:45, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot and/or summary?

Hey, could someone take the time to add a summary, I was just skimming through this and I noticed there wasn't a plot anywhere in the article. Ace Fighter 07:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Public controversy?

The back of the dvd says it was released "to critical acclaim and public controvesry." Someone should find out what that controversy was and include it in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.89.173 (talk) 04:19, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MPW-5271.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 12:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)