Last Movies

Last Movies

Season

Please note : this season finished in March 2024

Last Movies remaps the first century of cinema according to the final films watched by a selection of its cultural icons, offering the opportunity to ‘see what those who see no more last saw’. We'll be screening a series of these titles on Sundays throughout March from a programme conceived and curated by Stanley Schtinter, coinciding with the publication of his book of the same name, published by Bristol-based Tenement Press.

Described by Laura Mulvey as ‘very strange, and deeply thought-provoking’ and Alan Moore as ‘a remarkable achievement,’ Schtinter’s project embraces the role of chance and fate in shaping an alternative navigation of film history. From the weighty significance of Kurt Cobain’s last theatre trip to the conspiracy-rich reverberations of JFK’s favourite Bond flick, this season revisits five key ‘Last Movies’, contextualising them within the lives of those who watched them.

"Here is the endgame of endgames. A commendably perverse demonstration of how it is possible for something to be assimilated, by way of rumour and manipulated history, without being experienced." Iain Sinclair

This season is presented in partnership with Tenement Press.

Stanley Schtinter's Last Movies will be available to purchase from Box office throughout March.

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Biography

Stanley Schtinter has been described by writer Iain Sinclair as ‘the last accredited activist, the last avant-garde.’ His projects include Schneewittchen (IFFR, 2024), The Lock-In (International Short Film Festival Oberhausen; Barbican Centre, 2022), and Important Books [or, Manifestos Read by Children] (Whitechapel Gallery, 2021-22). He is the author and curator of Last Movies, and also publishes artist sound-works and film soundtracks as purge.xxx.


Previous screenings & events in this season

Oedipus Rex

classified 15 Last Movies
Oedipus Rex
Please note: This was screened in March 2024
Film

Blending three eras, the savage and Freudian take on Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, was the last film seen by Pasolini before his murder on a beach in Ostia.

Barry Lyndon

classified 12A Last Movies
Barry Lyndon
Please note: This was screened in March 2024
Film

Barry Lyndon is likely the last film seen by Charlie Chaplin, star of numerous silents including The Kid (1921) (which is, in turn, incidentally the last movie watched by Franz Kafka), who sent a telegram to Kubrick, thanking him for his ‘beautiful film’ and for lending him the print.

The Sound of Music

classified U Last Movies
The Sound of Music
Please note: This was screened in March 2024
Film

Family classic The Sound of Music was the final film watched by Joseph Breen, the administrator employed to enforce the Hays Code in 1934, who remained in the post for 20 years.

The Piano

classified 15 Last Movies
The Piano
Please note: This was screened in March 2024
Film

Campion’s searing drama was the final film watched by Kurt Cobain, who watched the new release in the theatre with friends after dinner, the night before his death.

Last Movies, Stanley Schtinter
Please note: This event took place in March 2024
Event

Join us at Bookhaus at 19:00 on Fri 8 March, where we'll be joined by Stanley Schtinter himself to talk about his extensive and exhaustive research project, Last Movies.

From Russia With Love

classified PG Last Movies
From Russia With Love
Please note: This was screened in March 2024
Film

John F. Kennedy tethered his image to that of James Bond. It was as a result of the President’s affection for the book and his support that United Artists produced From Russia With Love, his last movie, screened at a private ‘casa-blanca’ screening.

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