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Lorenz L @Lorenz1060 May 24 Watching this in 2026, I can’t remember having ever seen it, maybe because nothing happens in the two-hour-plus "director’s edition". The music is a grating, non-stop parade of hits from the 1940s/1950s, and way too much Hank Williams. The highly-lauded cinematography is a cipher: Texas is very flat, and there is not much you can do with that in black-and-white for more than 20 minutes. Where it does succeed is lighting its very young trio of stars. Gosh, they were all so young and beautiful … and inexperienced. There is zero chemistry to be found anywhere in this overpopulated experiment, and the jumpy editing and unrelenting close-ups do it no favours. I assume the point of the film was to show the death of small town America, and in that it succeeds within its first 40 minutes, at which point I began checking the clock. After about 90 minutes, the DVD was in the trash can. Did Bogdanovich ever make a truly great film or was he just good when he talked about those made by others? See more Elon Z. @elonziadi May 2 A very good movie in a dead city. See more Bryan M @RT97114384 Apr 24 Great cast, good story about a small town and several kids coming of age. Love that they shot it in Black and White. For me it makes it feel more authentic. but I am a sucker for a good old b&w classic film. See more Ketemama B. @Ketemama Apr 4 It's slow at times, but then some interesting scenes. The real stand outs are Cybill Shepherd (1st acting part) and Ben Johnson. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Nov 17 Interesting movie. A rare type of movie with edgy content especially for how old it is. Could NEVER be made today. See more Laurian D @Laurian Aug 26 I can tell this is a good movie but this kind of small town portrayal doesn't resonate as much with me as an European as it does with Americans. See more Read all reviews

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