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Last Days
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R,1hr 36min
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July 22, 2005
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Picture House
Synopsis: Filmmaker Gus Van Sant wrote and directed this meditation on stardom and its costs, inspired in part by the life and death of rock musician Kurt Cobain. Blake (Michael Pitt) is the leader of an influential alternative rock band who has unexpectedly won a large degree of fame and fortune. Depressed and unsure of what to do with himself or his success, Blake wanders about the run-down mansion he calls home and the visits the woods nearby. While a handful of friends live with Blake, he prefers to avoid ... Full Synopsis
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Last Days is a definitive record of death by gradual drug exhaustion. After the chills and thrills of "Sid & Nancy" and "The Doors," here is a movie that sees how addicts usually die, not with a bang but a whimper. If the dead had it to do again, they might wish that, this time, they'd at least been conscious enough to realize what was happening. Full Review
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Salma Hayek attends the premiere of "Last Days" at the 58th International Cannes Film Festival in...
Paul Auster at the Last Days premiere in New York City on July 19, 2005
Thaddeus Johnson and guest at the Last Days premiere in New York City on July 19, 2005
Kim Gordon at the Last Days premiere in New York City on July 19, 2005
Sean Lennon at the Last Days premiere in New York City on July 19, 2005
Kim Gordon at the Last Days premiere in New York City on July 19, 2005
Kim Gordon at the Last Days premiere in New York City on July 19, 2005
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