Come join us on the first Thursday of each month to watch the monthly Cinema Scene film selection. This month’s selection is The Last Movie, directed by Dennis Hopper (1971, 108 minutes).

The Cinema Scene is a monthly meet-up of film enthusiasts. It’s much like a book club, but instead of discussing a book, we discuss a movie. Click HERE to learn more and register for January’s discussion of The Last Movie, which will take place online on January 9, 2024, from 5-6 PM.

The Last Movie — Consciously self-reflexive and co-written by Hopper and Rebel Without A Cause screenwriter Stewart Stern, The Last Movie follows a Hollywood movie crew in the midst of making a western in a remote Peruvian village. When production wraps, Hopper, as the baleful stuntman Kansas, remains, attempting to find redemption in the isolation of Peru and the arms of a former prostitute. Meanwhile, the indigenous community has taken over the abandoned set and begun to stage a ritualistic re-enactment of the production — with Kansas as their sacrificial lamb. Among the most storied productions of the New Hollywood Era, Hopper was given carte blanche by Universal for his next directorial feature after the tremendous commercial success of Easy Rider, and writer-director-star took the money and ran — literally — staging The Last Movie in Peru at the farthest remove from the Hollywood machine.

Time: 1:00-3:30 pm EST

Free!