Dying Innocence, Lost Hopes, Empty Dreams, 2002-08-23Peter Bogdanovich's examination of a small, Texas town in the middle of nowhere, where everyone knows each other, their weaknesses, their failures, and their dreams. It's a film filled with sadness, with hopelessness, and isolation. It's a film about sex, not glamroized. It's an honest film. But it also contains a sweet tenderness, hidden beneath the scorn, the sadness, and the desperation. Oscar winner Cloris Leachman shines as the widow who shares a brief love affair with the main character. The film is beautiful, with its wide shots of the open skies, shot in black and white (uncommon in 1971), an obivous homage to John Ford. But the performances of Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Bridges and the rest of the actors are so sympathetic, so tender, that it's almost impossible not to involve yourself into the lives of these people.
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