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The Last Picture Show- The David Lean Cinema

-"The Last Picture Show"- the last film shown at the David Lean Cinema, before it closed down last year, due to government cuts. Taken from the projection booth, with kind permission from the projectionists, all of whom have now lost their jobs..

-Wanted to contrast the stereotypical Hollywood depiction of Romantic Love- a photogenic young couple, the girl typically a blonde- with the reality in evidence in the audience- which was often full of elderly couples, growing old together...

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Uploaded on February 17, 2012
Taken on January 20, 2012