mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? >> reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? >> oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i'd go with you. >> "the last picture show" was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid-'70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. >> do you think "the last picture show" is a john ford type movie? >> no. i think it's a peter bogdanovich type movie. >> peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. >> orson welles read the script. and i said, i'd like to get that depth of feel, everything being