The last days of disco is a 1998 american comedydrama film written and directed by whit stillman, and loosely based on his travels and experiences in. The last days of disco decider where to stream movies. While its doubtful any but the oldest of teens will want to see this film or will have the patience to sit through the dialogueheavy moments, heres a quick look at the content. Production of this film was accelerated in order to get it out before 54 1998, beating it to theaters by about three months. Two beautiful recent college graduates played by kate beckinsale. Disco doesnt look or feel like real discoera movies. Last days of disco is a reference to the whit stillman film of the same name, starring chloe sevigny and kate beckinsale. The soundtrack to whit stillmans epic last days of disco is an excellent balance of predictable disco classics i love the nightlife disco round, got to be real, good times, hes the greatest dancer, more, more, more, plus a couple of cult items doctors orders, everybody dance, shame, im coming out and soul numbers. The last days of disco 1998 stream and watch online. The two women spend their nights in some of the hottest disco s in manhattan and spend a. The last days of disco 1998 is a comedy, drama movie starring chloe sevigny and kate beckinsale. May 29, 2018 why we still love the last days of disco.
The last days of disco is a 1998 american comedydrama film written and directed by whit stillman, and loosely based on his travels and experiences in variou. The last days of disco, from director whit stillman, is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s manhattan party scene from the vantage point of the late nineties. Whit stillman wrote and directed the films metropolitan, barcelona, and the last days of disco. Second helpings the new york woman one of the most scintillating yet sweetest of stillmans social studies. The last days of disco is a 1998 american comedydrama film written and directed. And it makes a full two decades since flashdances jennifer beals first. The last days of disco the last days of disco songs.
The club that is the primary setting of whit stillmans the last days of disco is a democratic place, and, an aristocratic place. Big love escape to the most popular dance club of discos waning days in the early 80s. The last days of disco stick is the 53rd episode of the cw television series gossip girl. Production of this film was accelerated in order to get it out before 54 1998. The last days of disco soundtrack cd details and availability. At the center of the films roundelay of revelers are the icy charlotte kate beckinsale and the demure alice chloe sevigny, by day toiling as publishing house assistants and by night looking for romance and entertainment at a. Arguably whit stillmans best, last days is a delightful comedy chronicling the lives of recent college grads aspiring to join the new york intelligentsia professionally as book editors and socially through meaningful social interaction found in the most surprising of places disco nightclubs. The last days of disco 1998 the criterion collection. Video archive for the film the last days of disco, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1998. Find out where the last days of disco is streaming, if the last days of disco is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Stillmans characters are as wordy as any woody allen has written and are as observant as those created by larry david and jerry seinfeld, but. A gramercy release of a castle rock entertainmentwesterly films presentation. I love the films of whit stillman and last days is a good starting point, they are full of clever. The last days of disco videos and trailers tribute.
Just as disney released the pups from their vault this year, director whit stillman and select cast will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of disco at select screenings this summer. The last days of disco is about people who would like to belong to the kinds of clubs that would accept them as members. Hes met with critical acclaim one oscar nomination, two films in the criterion collection but has never become widely popular. The last days of disco 1998 directed by whit stillman. Chloe sevigny and kate beckinsale are two female manhattan book editors fresh out of college, both finding love and themselves while frequenting the local disco. The last days of disco 1998 original trailer hd 1080p duration. The last days of disco 1998 journeys in classic film. Depicting the end of the disco era in the early 1980s, the last days of disco tells the story of two young women, alice and charlotte who embark on a period of partying through the opulence of the disco era. In the last 24 years, he has written and directed four indie movies, and published this novel, based on his 1998 film the last days of disco. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the last days of disco with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. The last days of disco 1998 original trailer hd 1080p. It was also the tenth episode of the shows third season. All song from the 1998 movie in chronological order.
The last days of disco trailer 1998 movie trailers. The last days of disco where to stream and watch decider. Theres some cocaine use never directly shown, but strongly implied, cigarette smoking, and drinking. I tried to use the original versions of the songs where possible or the closest version available. The last days of disco, with cocktails at petrossian. The last days of disco is a 1998 film about two women trying to find love at the end of the disco era. The last days of disco trailer 1998 trailer for the last days of disco. The last days of disco is a grim comedy, the okapi of movie genres, and while its a long way from funereal, it is often just as morbid as its title implies. This installment is set in the manhattan of the early 80s chronologically between metropolitan and barcelona as the hedonistic disco era is on the wane and the moneygrubbing selfabsorbed.
Chloe sevigny, kate beckinsale, christopher eigeman, matt keeslar, mackenzie astin, jennifer beals official content from. Watch the last days of disco online 1998 movie yidio. The last days of disco 1998 seeing things secondhand. The last days of disco music from the motion picture. Jun 29, 2017 the last days of disco is a grim comedy, the okapi of movie genres, and while its a long way from funereal, it is often just as morbid as its title implies. Why we still love the last days of disco vanity fair. It takes place in the very early 1980s in manhattan, where a group of young, goodlooking ivy league graduates dance the night away in discos.
One of the lead characters, in the aftermath of her first sexual encounter, contracts gonorrhea and herpes. Nostalgic chronicle of drug and disco fuelled life in 80s manhattan as seen through the eyes of two naive. This film was released in the same year as another disco movie, 54 1998. Alice, charlotte, and josh all love the club, but they are both exhilarated and repulsed by the fact that getting in has become a kind of trial. Conversation driven, frequently pretentious, occasionally hilarious, and definitely offbeat, this movie tries a little to hard to be likable and includes sexual situations, drug use and some obscenities.
There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Unlike the characters in saturday night fever, who were basically just looking for a good time, these upwardly mobile. In the last days of disco, alicechloe sevigny and charlottekate beckinsale are two. Along with 54, this is another movie to deal with the disco scene. Disco doesnt look or feel like real disco era movies. The last days of disco music from the motion picture 1998. The last days of disco 1998 alice kinnon chloe sevigny and charlotte pingress kate beckinsale, two young manhattan women fresh out of college who work in a new york publishing house. The third film in the directors doomedbourgeoisinlove series. The last days of discos stillman by tom cunha at indiewire 1 jun 1998. The last days of disco is a feast for clever, loaded dialogue, delivered with zip by its fantastic cast, chief among them chloe sevigny and the divine kate. Parents need to know that the last days of disco is a 1998 comingofage film following the lives of a group of postivy league friends who frequent an nyc disco circa 1980. The last days of disco 1998 the movie database tmdb. Its a cracking story, with a great cast of characters.
The final entry in whit stillmans trilogy, brimming with the writerdirectors trademark dry humor, the last days of disco is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s manhattan party scene from the vantage point of the late nineties, an affectionate yet unsentimental look at the end of an era. All the characters are searching for something to make their lives more fulfilling. The last days of disco 1998 r 05291998 us comedy, drama, romance 1h 53m user score. Story of two female manhattan book editors fresh out of college, both finding love and themselves while frequenting the local disco. Kate beckinsale and chloe sevigny star in 1998s last days of disco. May 29, 2018 the last days of disco is a feast for clever, loaded dialogue, delivered with zip by its fantastic cast, chief among them chloe sevigny and the divine kate beckinsale, whose performances in this.
Clueless, mulholland drive, and whit stillmans 1998. Last days of disco loosely depicts the last days at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. Last days of disco soundtrack by marlene rosenthal. Story of two female manhattan book editors fresh out of.
Released may 29th, 1998, the last days of disco stars chloe sevigny, kate beckinsale, chris eigeman, matt keeslar the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and received a score of 76 out. The story centers around a group of friends who frequent the disco and each other. Story of two female manhattan book editors fresh out of college, both finding love and themselves. Several of his films were financial flops, and the novel is out of print. A pleasing first choice for my first read of the year i thoroughly enjoyed it. The last days of disco traces the lives of two female college graduates who work by day at a publishing firm in new york and disco dance at night. Among the memorable scenes from the last days of disco is the easily discouraged josh neffs matt kesslar dissection of lady and the tramp. The last days of disco to thine own self be true duration. When whit directed the heart of saturday night, an episode of the.
With chloe sevigny, kate beckinsale, chris eigeman, mackenzie astin. Dec 05, 2014 the last days of disco trailer 1998 director. The last days of disco 1998 official trailer, organic. Young manhattanites boogieoogieoogie, in whit stillmans proustian exploration of urban manners, discarded innocence and the onset of modern times. The last days of disco is a feast for clever, loaded dialogue, delivered with zip by its fantastic cast, chief among them chloe sevigny and the divine kate beckinsale. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for the last days of disco 1998.
In the very early 1980s, alice kinnon and charlotte pingress, two recent. The original trailer in high definition of the last days of disco directed by whit stillman and starring chloe sevigny, kate beckinsale, chris. Until that happens i figured itd make sense to see some of stillmans past work as a way of gauging my interest in his future films. The last days of disco 1998 r 0529 1998 us comedy, drama, romance 1h 53m user score. Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s new york. The last days of disco came about as the merging of two story ideas one. Stillmans characters are as wordy as any woody allen has written and are as observant as. The two women, companions but not necessarily close friends, frequent the local disco together in search of music, dance, and romance. It aired on november 16, 2009, and was written by leila gerstein and directed by tony wharmby. Des also thinks he is gay after watching an episode of wild kingdom. The last days of disco dvd, 1998 movie synopsis the third in whit stillmans excellent trio of talkative yet thoughtprovoking odes to days gone by. Until that happens i figured itd make sense to see some of stillmans past work as a. The last days of disco dvd, 1998 for sale online ebay.
Josh gives an impassioned eulogy for disco, which is very him. In the 1980s he published several highly regarded short stories in the beacon, the muchmissed cambridge, massachusetts, literary magazine. Congress passed an electionreform bill last week, these last days of campaign 2002 have taken on a brutish air. The last days of disco rattles along sometimes bawdy, sometimes poignant, but always entertaining. Stillmans 1998 comedy the last days of disco follows a group of privileged young new yorkers as they strive to cobble together a social life and an identity while embarking on careers in. The episode features a cameo and special performance by lady gaga. If asked to make a movie about how the yuppie ascendancy of the early 80s helped squeeze the funkiness out of new york, most filmmakers would make the yuppies the bad guys.
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