“I consider you a person of some integrity—except, you know, in your relations with women.” That must be the most important line spoken in any Stillman film pinpointing the many ways his movies marry sociological study, comedy of manners and a rather clear moral position. If The Last Days of Disco is Stillman’s masterpiece is because it’s the one that most clear articulates the ways one witness unaware our slow decay towards barbarism, the idea that ultimate links all his four historical films. One stumbles upward, while the world around it just awkwardly disappears. It is as beautiful elegiac as it is witty because Stillman sincere belief that “the yuppie scum” deserves its elegy too. There’s plenty of behavior beauties…

"'Disco will never be over. It will always live in our minds and hearts. Something like this, that was this big, and this important, and this great, will never die. Oh, for a few years - maybe many years - it'll be considered passé and ridiculous. It will be misrepresented and caricatured and sneered at, or - worse - completely ignored. People will laugh about John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, white polyester suits and platform shoes and people going like *this* but we had nothing to do with those things and still loved disco . Those who didn't understand will never understand: disco was much more, and much better, than all that. Disco was too great, and too much fun, to…

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Though my relationship with Whit Stillman began with frustration and disengagement, it was later relieved in my recent viewing of his latest film, Love & Friendship, that I found a particular connection with his particular mode of direction, to take such self-aware and curious characters in a manner that is accessible and entertaining rather than pretentious and alienating. It was through that film that I began to second guess my initial feelings towards his work, that maybe Metropolitan was simply a one-off that may benefit with a subsequent viewing. The opportunity has yet to arrive, but curiosity did arise in exploring more of this man’s work, and all in all that led me to…

I don't like the fact that I watched Last Days and Last Days of Disco back to back. It was an accident. I promise.

Hmm this movie comes across as very straightforward, but in reality I think much of what makes this movie special flew over my head when I first watched (senior in high school). But hey! Now I'm a cool, hip guy wiling away my youth in NYC post-undergrad! As such, all of the film's observations regarding social circle politicking and the ways in which higher education leaves you with skill sets and knowledge outmatched by your lack of life experience hit very close to home. I also appreciate that while this might be Whit's darkest movie, and…

I’ve watched this now over the last couple of nights. This was written/directed by Whit Stillman and this was a SUPER fun film that wears it’s early 80’s asthestic pretty well! This turned 20 last Tuesday but I was pretty jammed up with Anniversaries on that day being the 20th of both Six Days, Seven Nights AND Can’t Hardly Wait. Both of which I reviewed on that day! So Chloë Sevigney and Kate Beckinsale play a couple of gals who want to mix it and do a little disco dancing! I want to state for the record what a great cast this film has! It’s definitely rated R for language and a bit of nudity! Anyway, I think this cast…

Para um filme que me desperta zero interesse a partir do contexto e dos personagens que ele retrata (gente branca, rica e sofredora na sua juventude), eu achei alguns pontos bem válidos.
Primeiro que é um filme que desenvolve sua narrativa com base na verborragia dos diálogos, e faz isso de uma forma exímia porque cria rapidamente um contexto, apresenta seus personagens e nos prende sequência a sequência. Pode-se sentir a falta de um grande mote, o grande conflito, mas a questão é que talvez não há. Se há algum, o conflito como o título mesmo diz, está no encerramento de uma fase/era, e portanto a representação desse momento e os personagens que fazem parte desse universo é o que…