New Plaza Cinema Classic Talk Back - The Last Picture Show

Please join us for a virtual film discussion with New Plaza Cinema film curator, Gary Palmucci, and film historian, Max Alvarez, on Sunday, May 31 at 4 pm eastern time. Register here for a live talk back / discussion about the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show. This is absolutely FREE.The Last Picture Show is one of the key films of the American cinema renaissance of the seventies. Set during the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen, this aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtrys novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teensthe enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), the wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and the desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybil Shepherd)and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachmans lonely housewife and Ben Johnsons grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.This is something new for many of us so please review the instructions below carefully.1. Sign upHEREto register for live talk back / discussion about the 1971 filmThe Last Picture Show.This is absolutelyFREE.We will use Zoom technology so that we can discuss the film and answer your questions. We will send you the log in information once you have signed up here - so we can keep it safe and secure for you. If you want to join the discussion, you MUST sign up using this EventBrite invitation so that we can send you a secure link to the live discussion event on May 31.2.IMPORTANT!!Make sure that you watch the movie between now and the discussion event on May 31 at 4 p.m. eastern time. (We will NOT be watching the movie together. You watch it on your own any time and then join the discussion)Where to watch The Last Picture ShowAmazon Prime Video - $3.99 to rent, $12.99 to purchase.Vudu- $2.99 to rent, $13.99 to purchase.YouTube - $3.99 to rent, $12.99 to purchase.iTunes - $3.99 to rent, $12.99 to purchase.Fandango- $3.99 to rent, $12.99 to purchase.3. Then, on May 31 at 4 pm Eastern Time - log into the FREE New Plaza Cinema Zoom meeting link that we will send you in a separate email.The program is as follows: We will watch a short film trailer, Gary and Max will enlighten us on the history, virtues and issues with this film followed by a short Q&A. Gary Palmucci is a talented film curator and charming speaker and conversationalist. He is a wealth of information and always has an interesting spin on films. After a 30 year-plus career in independent film acquisition and distribution, Gary segued into a new role as film curator and general manager of New Plaza Cinemas various locations on the upper west side and now its virtual cinema'. Gary's keen eye for film curation has been a significant contributor to the success and growth of New Plaza Cinema.Max Alvarez is an author, film historian, and public speaker who has been lecturing on world cinema culture for over two decades. A former visiting scholar and guest lecturer for The Smithsonian Institution and film curator at National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., Alvarezs presentation partnerships to broaden understanding of the cultural impact of film have included Museum of the Moving Image, The New York Public Library System, 92Y, Columbia University; University of California, Los Angeles and Berkeley; the American Film Institute, The Library of Congress, the U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Scholars Program, the National Gallery of Art, and numerous embassies and cultural offices.Alvarez currently is a film history instructor for the Jewish Association Serving the Agings Sundays at JASA continuing education program at John Jay College in Manhattan. His latest book, The Cinphiles Guide to the Great Age of Cinema, is scheduled for publication this summer. He has also written The Crime Films of Anthony Mann for University Press of Mississippi and was a major contributor to the Northwestern University Press anthology, Thornton Wilder/New Perspectives.Website: www.maxjalvarez.comWe look forward to seeing you again on May 31 at 4 pm.