A flat landscape at dawn, clouds nearly washed out of the sky on purpose by the Oscar-winning cinematography of James Wong Howe, opens the classic Texas film, "Hud." "Hud" is routinely listed among the best Texas films, but it also might be the defining film about Texas, presciently illustrating the end result of our maverick ways and going it alone, damn everyone else. Courtesy The Criterion Collection L to R: Melvyn Douglas, Brandon deWilde, and Paul Newman in 'Hud.' "Hud" is a brilliant masterpiece of a movie, but is Hud the definitive Texas film? Post script: I want to note the passing earlier this year of Robert Hinkle at age 95, who may have been one of the last living screen actors from the film, "Hud."