Hopper's second feature as director. The baffling tale of a stuntman who hangs on in Peru after a Western finishes filming, it swirls drug-addled imagery and a story about native rituals into a godawful pretentious self-indulgent mess.

The Last Movie somehow won the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival, but tanked in cinemas, getting pulled after just two weeks in New York.

After one early screening, a projectionist was heard to mutter “They sure named this movie right because this is gonna be the last movie this guy ever makes.” He was nearly right – it would be 17 years before Hopper directed another American movie again.

Hop Triv – Hopper got the idea for the flick while filming The Sons Of Katie Elder in Mexico and originally wanted Montgomery Clift for the lead role.