Last Days
A haunted rock musician disappears into woods, neglected rooms, and fragmented obligations as fame closes in around him.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Glacial
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- austere
- hypnotic
- quiet night
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film a hypnotic and technically accomplished minimalist portrait of rock-star alienation, though its experimental austerity limits its accessibility.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Blake evades friends, managers, record-label representatives, and other seekers while remaining psychologically trapped by fame.
Long solitary walks, domestic wandering, extended musical passages, and subdued interactions create a hypnotic observational rhythm.
Blake’s musician identity, Seattle setting, isolation, and death-oriented trajectory openly invoke Kurt Cobain while retaining fictional names and events.
Blake is repeatedly dwarfed by dense woods and moves through an elegant but deteriorating mansion as though displaced from ordinary life.
Films like Last Days, and why
Control
shared minimalist pacing, troubled artist protagonist, and melancholic meditation on fame and isolation
The Doors
shared rock musician subject, intimate psychological portrait, and self-destructive celebrity culture
Gerry
shared contemplative character study, alienated creative protagonist, and austere visual storytelling
A Bigger Splash
shared experimental structure, emotional estrangement, and bleak portrait of a public figure under pressure
Movie Details
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Release Date
- 2005-06-12
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (432)
Cast
- Michael Pitt
- Lukas Haas
- Asia Argento
- Scott Patrick Green
- Nicole Vicius
- Ricky Jay
- Ryan Orion
- Harmony Korine
- Kim Gordon
- Adam Friberg
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Last Days about?
- A haunted rock musician disappears into woods, neglected rooms, and fragmented obligations as fame closes in around him.
- What is Last Days like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Last Days as glacial, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Last Days violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Last Days as mild.
- What did critics think of Last Days?
- Critics generally found the film a hypnotic and technically accomplished minimalist portrait of rock-star alienation, though its experimental austerity limits its accessibility.
- Which films are like Last Days?
- Films with a similar feel include Control, The Doors, Gerry, and A Bigger Splash.
- How long is Last Days?
- Last Days runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Last Days?
- In United States, Last Days streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
