DVD
The last days of disco
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Mackenzie Astin, Matt Keeslar, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals, Matthew Ross, Tara Subkoff, Burr Steers, David Thornton, Jaid Barrymore, Michael Weatherly.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Audience
MPAA Rating: R; for sexuality and drugs.
Summary
Depicts the 'last days' at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. Icy Charlotte and demure Alice toil by day as publishing house assistants and by night the two look for romance and entertainment at a premier disco club.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Special features: audio commentary featuring Stillman and actors Chloë Sevigny and Chris Eigeman; four deleted scenes with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny; stills gallery with production notes by Stillman; Stillman reading a chapter from 'The last days of disco, with cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards" his novelization of the movie; behind-the-scenes featurette; original theatrical trailer. Includes an essay by novelist David Schickler in pamphlet.
Subjects
- Discotheques > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Publishers and publishing > Employees > Drama.
- Man-woman relationships > Drama.
- Women > Sexual behavior > Drama.
- Socialites > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Friendship > Drama.
- Nineteen eighties > Drama.
- Comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama.