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The Last Movie that is known today; he finally completed that final edit in the spring of 1971. The movie won the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival; despite this, it failed financially and critically after a two-week run at New York City's Cinema 1. (Contrary to some sources, including statements by Hopper himself, the film did play in other theaters across the country after its New York premiere, even playing at drive-ins under the name "Chinchero".) Owing to its resulting demise, Hopper did not direct again until 1980's "Out of the Blue". The book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time"