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The Last Movie

1971 · 108 min

A disorienting, self-reflexive descent into obsession and cultural collision, demanding patience but rewarding with haunting images.

Directed by
Dennis Hopper
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Don Gordon
Tagline
There is a time to die and a time not to
Overview
After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.

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Directed by
Dennis Hopper
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Don Gordon
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • art
  • colonialism
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity9
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Don Gordon, Julie Adams, Roy Engel, Tomas Milian, Daniel Ades, Toni Basil
Music
Severn Darden, Kris Kristofferson
Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
English, Spanish, Quechua

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