Review of The Last Days (1998) by Spangle — 06 May 2016
The Last Days of Disco is a fantastic film.from director Whit Stillman. A thoroughly perplexing film, Stillman weaves in many different characters and ideologies into this film. Chloe Sevigny and Kate Beckinsale are fantastic here as foils (or are they?) in Stillman's wonderful look at friendships, relationships, and youth, set against the backdrop of the end of disco.
At times, Stillman's packed dialogue filled with wordy attempts at brilliance can come off as awkward or pretentious, but in reality, they are astute critique of the type of individuals who say these types of things.
For this and many other reasons, The Last Days of Disco is a brilliant exercise and an even better character study into these broken, envious, fake, human beings who like to present a facade of themselves that bears no resemblance with reality.
Overall, The Last Days of Disco is a slyly comedic and thoroughly riveting social satire.
This review of The Last Days (1998) was written by Spangle on 06 May 2016.
The Last Days has generally received very positive reviews.
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