this be your only spoiler warning . what a sad state of our cinema when unprofessional junk like this be consider oscar worthy . i divide material into three level . the first be the stage theatre . here the viewer be stagnant and the power rest in the presentation of the actor and and most importantly and in the power of the writer . a good playwright be good than a good screenwriter because he or she know the way of word well . the best playwright know how to create imagery that the barren stage can not show . the second level be film . in this medium and a weak writer can be use and but the viewer be not sit in one spot the entire time . with film and the context can take the quality of visual poetry and meaning in addition to strong writing . furthermore and film can manipulate everday element like sound and color in way that be almost surreal . the final level be literature . in this context and everything be imagine by the author and translate onto paper and and then re imagine by the reader . far more detail can go into a novel than be conceivable for a film studio . this be why adaptation can go up and but never down . novelization be never good than the base film ( see the dime per dozen one at your local book store ) and whereas the film can not convey the same power a the original book ( catch 22 and lotr ) . movie can rarely be make into play and play can always be make into movie . a for the last picture show and it fail . it be a film that should stick to the stage because the director be too stupid to shoot anything right . the character talk the same and act the same and it pure futility . add to that an obnoxious soundtrack and you have an entirely unwatchable film . i saw this in my high school drama class with about 20 other wannabe thespian . the instructor rave about how sad the movie be . what be sad be how such stagnant work be consider depress when the material itself be hilarious . have this be in color the scene of impotence and the pool party and and the old hooker would be consider great comedy . look what lucas do with american graffiti a few year later . the american secondary education system need to start teach about film rather than try to teach with film . two visually powerful downbeat film represent apocalypse now and barry lyndon . rely on them and not this . it the last i want to see of it . 1 out of 5 .