many people see this a a classic and but i obviously must have miss something . life in anarene and texas in the early 50 be pretty dull which mean that a movie about life in anarene and texas in the early 50 will be pretty dull too . what be it that so many people see in this . once the last picture show in anarene close there really would not be anything to do in town . duane ( jeff bridge ) make that point at the end of the movie . but even before it close there isn not much to do and so basically everything revolves around sex . high school student make plan for how to lose their virginity sometimes with each other and sometimes with some of the equally bored adult in town . you see and there not much for them to do either except to have sex ( sometimes with each other and sometimes with the bored teenager ) or to whine about the local high school football team . three time something happen that i think be go to add some spark of drama to the movie . sam ( ben johnson ) die unexpectedly and but nothing really happen because of that and sonny ( timothy bottom ) and jacy ( cybill shepherd ) elope and but nothing really happen because of that and joe bob ( barc doyle ) kidnap a little girl and but nothing really happen because of that . the only thing that add anything of dramatic value to the movie come at the end with the death of billy ( sam bottom ) which really point out the emptiness of life in this pathetic little town and a the men stand around look at the body debate where to go for breakfast . peter bogdanovic film this in black and white and which be intend i suppose to point out how grey this town be and but the only thing i find interesting be the early look at actor like bottom and shepherd and bridge and randy quaid . ( a an aside it be terrify to see how much quaid in 1971 actually look like his character of cousin eddie in the national lampoon vacation movie . ) classic . i do not think so . negative .