Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

eraserdead Dennis Hopper has always been one of the most rebellious filmmakers and actors in American cinema, so it's really no surprise that the film he would make directly after Easy Rider (his directorial debut and an incredibly unconventional film in itself) would be The Last Movie – another unconventional movie but this time he really stretches the structure of your typical Hollywood picture and the meaning of the word "unconventional". The movie starts out in Peru and on the set of a western being made by, none other than, Samuel Fuller. Hopper is only seen in the background mostly during the first half an hour of the film as a stunt man. The film being shot is full of violence and death and soon enough the shoot ends in a real death of one of the actors. The film wraps up but Hopper decides to stay in Peru and shack up with a local prostitute. As they begin to settle into their home in the mountains a priest approaches Hopper's character and tells him that the villagers are re-enacting the scenes from the movie but for real. They've no idea that what they saw previously was all faked. Soon enough they're asking Hopper to re-enact the part of the stunt man who died. In the style of Easy Rider, Hopper edits rapidly and there are random cuts to things that aren't really relevant to much but it all makes you feel like you're right there in Peru with these villagers re-enacting these scenes. Hopper's performance goes from emotional to drunk within seconds in some scenes and this really is a showcase of both his acting abilities and his directorial abilities. The wide cinematography looks like it's taken right out of a John Ford movie, but then when the camera closes in and gets closer to the characters it looks like a filmmaker toying with his camera on his first film. This really is a splendid film and it's one that challenges the viewer to think, not twice but, three times about how a feature film should be presented and for the filmmaker viewers it challenges them to rethink the linear structure in which these films are made. It's not like Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction in it's structure but it's definitely similar to films like those that tell stories in this way and in that respect this film is miles ahead of it's time. Hopper's next film Out Of The Blue, which I have already seen, was – after seeing this – the logical step for Hopper to go and I now am dying to rewatch that because I know I will like it much much more.http://destroyallcinema.wordpress.com/

Mike Siegel 'Watched the film tonight again. After 20 years. EASY RIDER being among my three all-time favorites, I knew there would come the time, when I appreciate THE LAST MOVIE for what it really is - AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE, one of the most interesting films of the 70's and an important work of film art. Seems that time was tonight... :) I loved it, at the same time it hurt. The film finally should be widely available, a dedicated SE DVD as for Fonda's HIRED HAND (that too is much much better than people thought years or decades ago... great film).Hopper first went out to become the greatest actor in the world. He maybe could have been, but his character made it impossible for him to act after great early successes. He became a photographer. Could have been one of the greatest photo artists ever. He basically stopped because he became a film maker. He could have been right next to the most famous & successful directors in America. The faith of THE LAST MOVIE stopped him from that. YET, in all of these (and more) professions he became a top-player, an Icon, a forerunner and a master. An inspired creative human being, an enrichment to my life.

mlraymond I doubt that there are many viewers who have actually seen this film. I saw it back in the early Seventies, having already read bad reviews of it, and therefore was prepared for a poor film. What I had not expected was something that is little more than a home movie with a fairly interesting drama beginning it, only to lose its way and end up being literally nothing. SPOILERS AHEAD:We are led to believe that Kansas will be literally crucified by the villagers as a literal Christ figure, and then that plot line disappears completely. There are a couple of sequences that indicate Hopper might want viewers to see Kansas as the bad guy, rather than the hero, but these are so underdeveloped as once again, to go nowhere. The actual ending of the movie is so vague, to put it mildly, we're not even sure if Kansas is supposed to have been killed. The next to last scene shows Hopper arguing with a couple of actors, as all three pass a bottle of booze back and forth between them. The two drunken actors laugh at Hopper when he tries to get them to finish the movie. Then follows the anticlimactic "ending", in which Kansas is seen staggering down a road and falls, presumably dead, presumably having been shot by some unseen assassin. Then the words " the end" appear, looking like they've been written on the film with a felt tip pen. And that's it. How Hopper persuaded the studio to release this thing I'll never know, but the sheer gall of a filmmaker to expect an audience to pay cash to see a movie with numerous intertitles stating " scene missing" is beyond belief. My biggest criticism is that potentially, there's an interesting story here that could have been made by competent filmmakers into a small but worthwhile film. There's the germ of a real movie lurking somewhere amongst all the wasted celluloid and ludicrous non-characters and pointless dialogue. The fact that Hopper overcame his drug and alcohol problems, and is now acclaimed as a genuine filmmaker, with some real movies to his credit, as well as some good acting in other people's movies, is something for him to be proud of, but this movie is not. A fascinating mess, worth seeing once out of sheer curiosity, but pretty dull and stupid. Only for fans of real turkeys like Ed Wood's movies.

bobby cormier while i realize this film will not be entertaining to everyone, i think it should be given a chance by people who are not AFRAID to think while watching one. a few simple facts: film is an art. art can be abstracted and when it is, it requires more thought or "work" from the viewer. art does not need to be simply linear. art doesn't always need to pander. when art is abstracted and does not pander, it is not automatically "pretentious" or "self indulgent". these last two phrases are things that i've often read or heard in reference to this film. hell, a few people used to enjoy saying these sorts of things about this film in film school! i enjoy reading negative comments on films of this type in much the same was that i enjoy going to THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART and hanging back a distance from the paintings and listening to people going by and making comments like, "THAT'S not art!" or, "ANYONE could have done THAT. even my five year old!" i suspect that deep down, these people are being SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINED. dennis hopper's "the last movie" has a very basic and clever plot that is abstracted. a lot of people enjoy (wholeheartedly) not liking this film. i enjoy it immensely. i have watched this many times and have gotten new layers of meaning and have been able to realize new points of view of "seeing" it many times. i'm not afraid of it. i also watch "modern times" and "the magnificent ambersons" and "love streams" and a few others repeatedly for much the same reason. i've used this film a couple of times in an admittedly cold, sociological test on people i've been in a new relationship with. at least twice, i've coaxed a new boyfriend into watching "the last movie". if they can hang with it and are willing to think about the film, that's a good sign for me of a new relationship possibly working out. in fact, the longest relationship i've had was with a guy who, after watching this, said, "i want to see it again!" it was a couple of minutes later that i realized that he wanted me to immediately rewind it and watch it again right then. that may be a weird way to test a relationship, but i've found it has worked out well for me and the other person. there are all ways of seeing and "the last movie" is one, or maybe several of them. -bobby cormier