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The film teeters between melancholy and fatalism as it tiptoes toward its title, a screening of the John Wayne classic вЂњRed River.вЂќ But the characters (McMurtry co-wrote the screenplay with Bogdanovich) are so richly detailed that a single narrative fissure becomes part of a larger web of cracks that affects multiple characters, just as youвЂ™d expect in a tiny town. For those who require bombast, вЂњThe Last Picture ShowвЂќ will come across as muted. On the contrary, quite a bit happens as Bogdanovich masterfully conveyed the suppressed emotions and aspirations of the inhabitants of Thalia in a piece of lush, black-and-white cinema that possesses the feeling of plainsong. The shorthand assessment of Peter BogdanovichвЂ™s adaptation of Larry McMurtryвЂ™s 1966 novel is that nothing happens in this story about a town withering on a dying vine.

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Feel free to disagree, or offer your own list, just keep it civil. It has to characterize the people, way of life or essence of the state. Well, it has to be primarily set in Texas - but not necessarily filmed here. Five Chronicle staffers - Andrew Dansby, Cary Darling, Syd Kearney, Jody Schmal and myself - settled the debate by casting the 50 best вЂњTexasвЂќ films ever made.ДЄt this point, youвЂ™re probably wondering what makes something a вЂњTexasвЂќ movie. That bit of timeliness was all we needed to launch a full-blown debate about which films best characterize the Lone Star State. Friday, another one joins the long list as вЂњSicario: Day of the SoldadoвЂќ hits theaters as the latest in this franchise about the enforcement of drug trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border, and into Texas. And especially movies about Texas, of which there are many. But the passion comes out because we care about Texas.

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