The Last Picture Show and the Legacy of BBS

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/eyebrow - Enter promo code EYEBROW for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE! Like and subscribe if you'd like to see more video essays about movies. 0:00 - Introduction 4:27 - From The Monkees to Head 9:18 - Easy Rider's Big Score 14:20 - The Last Picture Show 33:05 - The Legacy of BBS 37:46 - R.I.P Peter Bogdanovich Support me on Patreon! Benefits include early access, exclusive vlogs, and more:   / eyebrowcinema   From 1968 to 1972, BBS stood at the forefront of the New American Cinema, releasing several films which challenged the narrative and aesthetic norms of classical Hollywood while broaching bold new political and sexual subject matter. But amidst the likes of Head, Five Easy Pieces, and Easy Rider, one film in particular stands out: The Last Picture Show. This video essay considers Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 masterpiece and why it is the definitive BBS production. It is also a belated tribute to the recently departed Peter Bogdanovich, a filmmaker who has come to mean a lot to me in recent years. Follow me on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/danpgsimpson... Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/... Works Cited: "Head-Zappopin'!" Chuck Stephens, 2010. "From the Monkees to Head." Criterion, 2010. "BBS: A Time for Change." Criterion, 2010." "Easy Rider: Wild at Heart." Matt Zoller Seitz, 2010. "Born to be Wild." Nicholas Freand Jones, 1995. "Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage." Charles Kisleyak, 1999. "Steve Blauner Interview." Criterion, 2010. "Five Easy Pieces: The Solitude." Kent Jones, 2010. "BBStory." Greg Carson, 2009. "The Last Picture Show: In with the Old." Graham Fuller, 2010. "The Last Picture Show: A Look Back." Laurent Bouzereau, 1999. "A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich." Criterion, 2010. "Picture This." George Hickenlooper, 1990. "The King of Marvin Gardens: A Killing." Mark Le Fanu, 2010. "One Big Real Place: BBS from Head to Hearts." J. Hoberman, 2010. "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls." Peter Biskind, 1998. "The Plot Thickens Season One: Peter Bogdanovich." TCM, 2020. "Head, The Monkees, and Fabrication." Adequate Emily, 2021.    • Head, The Monkees, and Fabrication | Adequ...   Music Featured: Ghost Surf Rock by Loyalty Freak Music And Never Come Back by Soft & Furious The Wind by Komiku Original Mutations by Small Colin Alpha Changing Number II - Changing Methods by Small Colin Setup with an E by Small Colin Facing It by Komiku Both Flanks by Small Colin Carnival by Smallertide Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music Finally Lost by Hinterheim Tender Moment by John Bartmann More Eyebrow Cinema: This Might Be My Masterpiece - Inglourious Basterds and Lady in the Water -    • This Might Be My Masterpiece - Inglourious...   The Film Bro is Dead -    • The Film Bro is Dead   Villains Reformed in Batman: The Animated Series -    • Villains Reformed in Batman: The Animated ...   Listening to Blade Runner's Terrible Voiceover -    • Listening to Blade Runner's Terrible Voice...   No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns -    • No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns   Dark Souls Difficulty and the Easy Mode Debate -    • Dark Souls Difficulty and the Easy Mode De...   On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The End of James Bond -    • On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The En...   Long Movies are Good, Actually -    • Long Movies are Good, Actually   Stanley Kubrick's Favourite Actors -    • Stanley Kubrick's Favourite Actors   Never Say Never Again is a Waste -    • Never Say Never Again is a Waste   The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) -    • The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they do...   The Decay of Cinema -    • The Decay of Cinema   Star Wars Can't Move On -    • Star Wars Can't Move On   Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem -    • Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret ...   How Terence Young Made James Bond -    • How Terence Young Made James Bond   The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin -    • The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin