Last Picture Show is my all-time favorite film. I've taught film Studies for almost 40 years, and gone from loving strange/sad ones like Manhattan and Strangers on a Train to finally settling on Midnight Cowboy as the best on my list. And then, I taught Last PS in a Southern film class, several times, and it just killed me, Maybe I didn't understand it when it was released, but I was only 16 then, though I knew someone who had just experienced a Sonny/Ruth affair. Anyway, such a great write-up, homage, and love for this gorgeous and gut-wrenching film.