The Last Days of Disco
(R, 1:53:28, Released 1998)
| Genres: | Romance, Art House & International, Drama, Comedy |
| Release Date: | May 29, 1998 |
| DVD Release Date: | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Starring: | Burr Steers, Chloë Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Christopher Eigeman, David Thornton, Edoardo Ballerini, Jaid Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Kate Beckinsale, Mackenzie Astin |
| Directed by: | Whit Stillman |
| Synopsis: | Young Manhattanites boogie-oogie-oogie, in Whit Stillman's Proustian exploration of urban manners, discarded innocence and the onset of modern times. |
| Full movie details |
The Last Days of Disco provided by Hulu.com
Refresh
It sounds awfully quiet in here... Be the first to say something!
My Rating:
| All of Flixster: | (1155) |
My Friends' Reviews
Log in to see your friends' reviews.
Other Top Reviews
-
November 8, 2009
Good Music, obviously
-
October 28, 2009
The films of Whit Stillman are known for their young and completely directionless characters - they're certainly intelligent, but their lives are simply composed of what's in at that particular time. They're yuppies, thoroughly dislikable characters who, despite a facade of confidence, are terribly insecure. The challenge, of course, is making a film about these sort of people that'll still resonate with the average movie-goer. Although he may have done it in the two films he made prior to his 1998 effort, "The Last Days of Disco", the disco floors of his third film are surprisingly devoid of energy. It's a bit of a tedious procedural, an exceedingly well-written satire unfortunately dampened by characters so dull that you won't even be mildly curious to see what happens to them.
We begin in Manhattan, during "the very early 1980's". Alice (Chloe Sevigny) and Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale) are two recent college graduates out for a night of dancing at a popular disco. Charlotte is the out-going one, intelligent, but, unbeknownced to her, exceedingly cruel. Alice is perhaps the only character in the film that maintains a sort of respectability, given that she actually has ambition - yet she remains in Charlotte's shadow, a timid girl obviously not as well adjusted to the disco scene as her accomplice.
Working as a manager at the club is the arrogant womanizer, Des (Chris Eigeman, one of Stillman's favorites). He has a nasty habit of dumping women by revealing that, while watching "Wild Kingdom", he discovered he was gay. He also opposes Shakespearean ideals by suggesting that one should not be true to thine own self if thine own self is not so good.
The film frequently returns to the disco as we continue to meet with the familiar faces - Jimmy (Mackenzie Astin), a junior ad executive, Josh (Matthew Keeslar), an assistant district attorney, and so on - there's generically handsome young men aplenty. Unfortunately, however, although we're given all the time in the world to get to know these people, they still fail to leave an impression. The film's final sequence would leave you to believe that the only passion that comes from these kids is on the dance floor, but throughout the entire film the music had been mostly reduced to background noise. Stillman fails to shed any sort of light on disco culture, which means that his setting becomes nowhere near the character it should be.
I shouldn't be too harsh - there are some very memorable lines ("that's like something out of the Nazis!"), great performances, and it's unquestionably a technically well-made picture. Perhaps I expected too much, however, as I found "The Last Days of Disco", despite all of it's deliciously clever dialogue, to be merely passable entertainment. -
September 5, 2009
I just like how characters in s Stillman movie talk, they feel so normal and vibrant and this film with my favourite Chloe Sevigny is testament to his innate talent for discovering the silver among the clouds around us.
-
May 28, 2009
This is a late at night cable TV type of movie. It's watchable. It's not a great movie but it's sort of fun if you're in the mood. It's also somewhat better than I thought it would be.
-
April 21, 2009
A good movie about an exclusive disco back in the day. There is a lot of dialog. It is the only place I heard similar thoughts to my own on"Lady and the Tramp" and "be true to thine self"
-
March 25, 2009
Wanted to puke in the opening sequences, quickly turned the devil mix off
-
August 12, 2008
A great ending to the trilogy
-
July 27, 2008
boring movie from start to finsh,Thank god Kate was in it
-
January 29, 2008
Would like to see at some stage. Kate Beckinsale draws me to this.
-
November 29, 2007
This is a good movie that depicts the change from the "Get Down and Party" 70s to the uptight and Responsible 80s probably the best out of any movie I've seen. Great performances all around and REALLY good dialogue.
-
September 22, 2007
disco....uhhh.i wanna see it:)
-
September 7, 2007
I enjoyed this movie. Loved the Simplicity of it! Chloe Sevigny is a great actress!
-
August 25, 2007
I rented this because it has Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny in it. Call me superficial. <3 <3
-
June 26, 2007
Whit Stillman's trilogy is a treasure.
-
March 30, 2007
A truly horrible film. A complete waste of an hour and 54 min. Very Sad to know I will never get that time back. Terrible cinema at it's best.
-
March 13, 2007
might want to watch it just to see those two rubbing rear ends together......nah
-
March 12, 2007
I loved it and want it on DVd but I can't find it for thje life of me.
-
March 4, 2007
Tries to be a clever look at 20-some year old life, but is way too talky and full of itself to be entertaining.
-
January 27, 2007
Not a bad movie, better than I expected.
-
January 10, 2007
you should watch this movie. but its kind of like the first ones.
-
December 28, 2006
JJJJJJJHHHHHJJH98UGTIOUKTGYUKITTYTIY
-
December 15, 2006
best dialogue ever in a movie.funny in a vary suttle and intelligent way
-
November 18, 2006
Chloe and Kate...ok, maybe a rental
-
October 13, 2006
Sort of reminded me of friends set in the seventies.
-
September 21, 2006
I was there, disco sucks
-
September 21, 2006
The soundtrack is very good. Although I never really felt that the story was really settled on the early 80's (maybe only when the girls were at the office). Although it seems to be an apology to the Disco era, what we see is more the life of a group of people who are in loved between them but not in the right directions (?). I like it, specially some silly quotes such as "Scrooge McDuck is so sexy" or the debate about Lady and the Tramp. No trata d eexaltar el glamour y la buena vida de la época disco sino el oropel que la cubre pues sus personajes se enfrentan a la cruda realidad dentro y fuera de la discoteca, pero aún así me gustó mucho más que studio 54.
-
August 18, 2006
i hated the cast of this movie so much, except for chloe sevigny, im really confused as to why she chose to do this, music was god awful, the dialogue was no better!!! agghhh
-
June 29, 2006
I only want to see this for Kate Beckinsale
-
June 6, 2006
forgettable movie...
