r/Ijustwatched • u/Docni1 • 13d ago

IJW: Last Summer (1969)

I don't know how to feel about it. I enjoyed the movie a lot and I understand the need for the climax to be what it was, but I can't shake this feeling of dread or shame? from seeing that ending, like if I was complicit. I'm assuming this is the feeling Frank Perry wanted to evoke out of his viewer, but I just feel awful. I guess what I'm trying to ask is how do you all deal with the emotions in the aftermath of watching a movie like this, the contrast between having enjoyed the movie but ashamed of having witnessed such a disturbing ending that quite frankly you guessed was gonna come all along?

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u/5o7bot 13d ago

Last Summer (1969) R

Last summer was too beautiful to forget. And too painful to remember.

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.

Drama
Director: Frank Perry
Actors: Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, Bruce Davison, Ernesto Gonzalez
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 63% with 41 votes
Runtime: 95 min
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