
Ruston Thompson
Seattle-based documentary filmmaker, author, and radio deejay — director of THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS and National Emmy Award winner for CBS News.
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Jul 29, 2026
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS: Rustin Thompson on Saving Small-Town Cinemas
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Ruston ThompsonGUEST
The Grand Illusion, that's right, all showing these great films, and it's like e- every three days I was seeing some kind of masterpiece.

Ruston ThompsonGUEST
Um, and around that time, uh, a, a new art house theater opened up where I live called The Beacon, and 48 seats, and it's kind of a repertory house.

Ruston ThompsonGUEST
Uh, and they also rented out the theater to individuals if they wanted to show their own films, uh, you know, do a n- do their own series.

Ruston ThompsonGUEST
So I, I started a cinema of the '70s series, uh, and I, I've done it now for about three years, and one of the first films I showed was The Last Picture Show, the Bogdanovich film.
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