Past Film/Video | Classics

The Last Movie

(Dennis Hopper, 1971)

NEW 4K RESTORATION

Preceded by The Letter
(Bill Morrison, 2018)

Two people standing in the middle of a prairie with snow capped mountains in the background

Given carte blanche by Universal Pictures following the success of Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper took the production for his next movie (as well as an entourage including the likes of Kris Kristofferson and Sam Fuller) to faraway Peru. There he shot hours and hours of footage…for a film about a Hollywood crew on location in Peru, working on a bloated Western. Now considered the epitome of a film maudit (the cursed shoot was followed by the alcohol- and drug-addled Hopper’s failure to deliver an edit on time), the project captured the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival before bombing at the box office and essentially sending Hopper into exile from Hollywood until the 1980s. One of the great curios in American film history. (108 mins., 4K DCP)

The film is preceded by Bill Morrison’s short The Letter, a story of intertwining love triangles comprised entirely of deteriorated silent film footage. Morrison is a current Wexner Center Artist Residency Award recipient in film/video. (13 mins., DCP)

Please note: special event parking ($5 cash only) is available in the Ohio Union Garages.

Two people standing in the middle of a prairie with snow capped mountains in the background

The Last Movie, image courtesy of Arbelos Films

Two men sitting at a table in a bar

The Last Movie, image courtesy of Arbelos Films

A behind the scene shot of an actor looking through the video camera

The Last Movie, image courtesy of Arbelos Films

A man in a cowboy hat steering into the video camera

The Last Movie, image courtesy of Arbelos Films

A group of people sitting around in a living room

The Last Movie, image courtesy of Arbelos Films

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Rohauer Collection Foundation

 

SUPPORT FOR THE FILM/VIDEO STUDIO PROGRAM

Institute of Museum and Library Services

National Endowment for the Arts

 

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE WEXNER CENTER

Greater Columbus Arts Council

Ohio Arts Council

The Columbus Foundation

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The Last Movie