

EPISODE # 205 - MAKING OF THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
No trucks. No crews. Producer, Director, Camera, Sound, and more by Rustin Thompson. Recorded August 2026. 25 minutes Rustin Thompson’s elegy of small town cinemas, The Last Picture Shows, reflects his lone wolf approach to filmmaking. As director, producer, cinematographer, editor, and driver, the film is his singular vision of the state of public movie houses in the American West. He speaks with Westdoc about his equipment, the budget, his DIY distribution, expectations and




