A famous American filmmaker travels to the Yucatán to scout locations for his last movie. The Mayan Apocalypse intercedes.
Alex Ross Perry, Gabino Rodríguez, Iazua Larios, René Redzepi
An experimental, emotional comedy that relates the end of cinema with the end of the world, La última pelíc- ula attempts to reimagine the atmosphere and the ex- citement of the heyday of American independent cinema, alluding to ’70s Westerns and road movies, their sense of adventure, and the experiences involved in their creation. Shot with nine different cameras, under the influence of Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie and the “nonfiction” film about its editing, The American Dreamer, La última pelíc- ula is a critical act combining fiction and documentary, looking backwards and forwards at the same time to cre- ate a film about the present—it is an infinite, oneiric gesture that attempts to save cinema with one last gunshot. All errors are intentional.