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“Our generation is the worst since the Protestant Reformation” - Chris Eigeman, right, admonishes Edward Clements in Whit Stillman’s delightful comic-drama, “Metropolitan.”
The sort-of yuppie version of Wes Anderson, Whit Stillman has made just three pictures: “Metropolitan” (1990), “Barcelona” (1994) and “The Last Days of Disco” (1998), which, until it was re-released by Criterion yesterday, was out of print and available on DVD for upwards of $300. With my copy due to arrive in the mail any day, I will spend the next few days talking about Stillman and each movie in his trilogy, starting with “Metropolitan,” about a group of Manhattan rich kids, Upper East Siders experiencing their own fin de siecle, the traditional deb season and its balls, gowns, tuxedos, after-parties and smart conversation. Read the rest of this entry »
For the past few years I’ve been eyeing the out-of-print DVD of Whit Stillman’s “The Last Days of Disco” on Amazon.com, where it was offered by a few sellers for between $100-$300 due to its scarcity. The situation was untenable. Now Criterion plans to reissue it through their catalogue, as they did with Stillman’s “Metropolitan,” and hopefully “Barcelona” next. Aug. 25 is the date. Good news. Even for Fourierists and people in advertising.
