Movie Details
| Title: | The Last Days of Disco | |
| Director: | Whit Stillman | |
| Year: | 1998 | |
| Genre: | Drama | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 11.11.22 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (1)
- Metropolitan
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 11.11.22 | Blu-ray | This Screening is part of event: DVRfest 2022 roll: 5 spine: 485 I've actually never seen a Whit Stillman movie before. I don't know why... just slipped through the cracks. So when Criterion put out that box set with this and Metropolitan and Barcelona I almost bought it but then decided I should watch one and see if I like it or not first. I'm a fan of Chloe Sevigny so...here we are! Ahh 90s indie... back to long dialogue-heavy scenes like the 30s talkies but now they're deconstructing Disney movies and talking about insecurity. Noah Baumbach, Nicole Holofcener, Kevin Smith, Neil LaBute... all sitting in diners or clubs or airports talking about snarky shit. That sounds dismissive, but I actually like most if not all of these movies and this is no exception. Plus it has a stellar soundtrack and - if you'll excuse my male-ness showing for a moment - absolute smoke shows in the forms of young Chloe Sevigny and Kate Beckinsale. I mean, jesus. Anyway, I can see how this might be misleading to those taking the title at face value. The disco element of this movie is strictly a background, used as a... i don't know, metaphor? for the characters' arcs. Anyone not ready for 100 pages of dialogue is probably in for a bad time. But thankfully, this is exactly what I thought a Whit Stillman movie would be like, so I'm happy with it. I'll probably pick up the other two at some point. And with that, Day 2 is over. I didn't fall asleep which means it's fucking late so hopefully Day 3 won't be postponed by sleeping in, but I managed to halve the random pool! We're down to d6 territory! Will next year be the end of this tradition? probably not but you never know! |
