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Last Days of Disco: Criterion Edition
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05-25-2009, 10:51 PM
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Last Days of Disco: Criterion Edition
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Disc...3302407&sr=1-1
This is maybe one of my all-time favorite films that's been out of print for years, so much so that I whined about it in the "not on DVD" thread. Watching this in probably '99/'00 was one of those films, along with Boogie Nights, L.A. Confidential, and Rushmore, that made me take movies seriously. I'm a big Whit Stillman fan and he's been a major influence on me as a writer. I was hoping for a decent release someday, but a Criterion's so much better. The DVD even has Stillman reading from the "novelization" that he wrote as a companion piece a couple of years after the movie*. I wish that they'd included a reprint of that with the package, too, but hey, I'll take what I can get. Usually when stuff like this comes out, I'm like "fucking finally." There is not a big enough font size to describe my feelings of "fucking finally" right now. *The box art is drawn from the cover of the book, done by the same guy who did the Metropolitan cover.
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05-26-2009, 01:03 AM
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"New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Whit Stillman"
Yet only available on DVD. Nice one, Criterion.
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05-26-2009, 01:28 AM
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05-26-2009, 09:26 PM
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I'll echo the "fucking finally!" sentiments - I've been waiting for this to come back into print for a long, long time. And it's even getting a shiny Criterion edition to boot.
I'm slightly bummed that we won't be getting a Blu Ray version, but hey... I'll take what I can get, in this particular case.
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05-26-2009, 10:28 PM
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05-26-2009, 10:39 PM
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08-28-2009, 12:42 PM
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This came out this week. Stillman's been doing a lot of interviews about it (including one where he says a criterion Barcelona is close to happening, too). I'm a fan of this one from Gothamist, if only because Emily Blunt plus Stillman gives me a nerd boner.
I need to get this, but this is a film that deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. Netflix it or get it from your library. But watch it.
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08-28-2009, 12:45 PM
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I remember avoiding this when I came out as the trailer made it seem racey and my mom would not take me as I was still small. If its worth while I will netflix it though
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08-30-2009, 02:58 PM
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For what I've paid for better movies from Criterion, I just can't rationalize paying 35 bucks for this one. When I saw the price on Amazon I thought "I'm sure that's going to drop. I'll just put it in my cart and wait on it." and it never did. So, I'll wait for a sale.
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