Following his directorial debut Targets (a brilliant “Frankensteining” of Corman stock footage of Boris Karloff and a completely new script about a local assassin), Peter Bogdanovich adapted Last Picture Show with the book’s author Larry McMurthy. In keeping with the “New Hollywood” theme, I thought we’d take a look at another Roger Corman student and another film in the Criterion Collection’s America Lost & Found series. After a viewing, one may discover that disco does not suck! The struggle of social identity and finding one’s general placement in society underlie this brilliant comedic drama. I think for a group to exist, somebody has to admit to be part of it.” In one instance, Eigeman’s character begs the question, “do yuppies even exist? No one says, ‘I am a yuppie,’ it’s always the other guy who’s a yuppie. The film is filled with quick and witty dialog… most of which you cannot imagine being spoken by actual people. When viewing The Last Days of Disco, one can’t help appreciating the dedication in creating such memorable characters and the overall writing in general. McGrath is a sardonic manager at the said Manhattan club and he ultimately realizes that the owner has some sort of a shady operation going on. Chris Eigeman, a Stillman mainstay, is cast as Des McGrath. An escape from this turmoil is the local hot spot it’s a fashionable discotheque possibly modeled in Stillman’s memory from his days hanging out at the famed Studio 54. Furthermore, there’s also tussling over potential/previous love interests. The tight living quarters teamed with Charlotte’s persistent insensitivity create a great deal of tension and bickering. Despite having not much in common (and they can readily admit that they may not be ideal candidates for friendship), the duo decides to share a railroad style apartment with another young woman. This moment of change also mirrors the current stage of the popular music (please see the title!).Īlice (Chloë Sevigny) and Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale), somewhat recent graduates of Hampshire College, are working in the lower echelons of the publishing industry. Here we find a group of young professionals who are all, whether they are aware or not, in a period of transition. Whit Stillman’s third feature, The Last Days of Disco, is set in New York City the early 1980’s.
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