Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)

A man who is dissatisfied with his family life leaves home for weeks at a time, drifting from town to town.

Date of release
1977-08-31
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jon Jost

Casting

Interesting facts

Last Chants for a Slow Dance is a 1977 American independent drama film directed by Jon Jost and starring Tom Blair. In some quarters Last Chants is now considered an American classic; Jonathan Rosenbaum lists it as one of the "alternative" top 100 American films, and it is listed in the book 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die.

Production

According to Jon Jost's recollection, the film was shot in 5 days, costing $3000:In 1977, having finished up Angel City, .... I decided to make another film, and corresponded with a friend from my years in Kalispell, Tom Blair. He was an actor from South Dakota, and ran the Whitefish Community College Theater Dept. I had never seen him act ..., but instead would hang around drinking beer and smoking dope with him. ....

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