Connectivity: The Last Picture Shows
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Film/Movie
Lecture/Discussion/Panel/Talk/Q&A/Seminar
Pollock Theater
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Date & Time
Thu, Dec 04 7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Address (map)
4429 SSMS UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-4010
Venue (website)
Pollock Theater
Ten states.
10,825 miles. 123 theaters.
In his latest feature The Last Picture Shows, filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater.
On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving.
Between the stops along the way, Rustin poetically intersperses excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic film The Last Picture Show, as well as reflections on past and present hardships facing the film exhibition industry.
The Last Picture Shows reminds viewers that even in vast cinema deserts, there are oases of community and gathering that remain, where the movie house continues to be a place of wonder, contemplation, and connection.
The Carsey-Wolf Center is pleased to present a special preview screening of The Last Picture Shows.
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson and documentary participant Ross Melnick (interim director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, UCSB) will join moderator Rich Farrell (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion.
