"american neorealism" has only political connotations, according to Google. даже если вбить "american neorealism film", 10-я по счету ссылка - Killer of Sheep (U.S. Box Office: $218,489 )

между тем, статья о The Last Picture Show упоминает Red River (1948), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and it's 100% fresh at RottenTomatoes - ого!

"...this is a puzzling kind of greatness, because the film stands so far above anything else in Bogdanovich’s long career." - jigsawlounge