John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns is a grim trip!
John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns is a grim trip!

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It's an episode from the Masters of Horror anthology about a desperate man hired by a rich eccentric film collector to find a notorious rare film called La Fin Absolue du Monde said to have caused a violent riot during its initial showing.
Takes a little while to get going, but once going it gets increasingly gruesome.
You can currently watch it on a few different free streaming services, or I'm sure someone's sharing it.
I bought that on DVD in college and love to pop it in the player from time to time
The ending lines and realization by Kirby are despairingly striking. Puts a new spin on remembering people well.