Review

by Chris L

great

Whit Stillman has an amazing method of combining a bunch of story lines into a coherent whole. He takes the disco era as a background and expands it into much more because he lets his characters talk. It's nice to see Stillman continue to grow as a director. The dance sequences are dazzling and fun, but he doesn't overdo it and sacrifice character development. Plus, although I'm not a huge disco fan, I really enjoyed virtually all of the songs. The Last Days of Disco works because it's very funny, has great acting, and is totally different from a majority of the movies coming out today. It's entertaining without insulting the audience by dumbing down the characters. They are intelligent and yet still live fun, interesting lives. How strange is that?