I have quoted and paraphrased one line from Barcelona over and over again: "Why do I always look better in mirrors than I do in photographs?" That line is a blood donor to a poem of mine:
I really wish Stillman had (would) direct more films. This one and METROPOLITAN are absolute perfection and showcase his incredible knack for quotable dialogue and capturing the essence of specific culture.
Definitely. I would say Noah Baumbach is a contemporary and they tend to mine the same social strata, but he wisely hitched his wagon to Wes Anderson and, of course, has carved out his own cinematic niche. Shame that Stillman hasn't been able to do the same. As you say, he is too brainy for the mainstream.
I know, I know. I thought so too. But apparently not. I gather Whit based it on his own experiences on the late 60s deb circuit. Their meagre budget didn't stretch to the period details- apart from an old checker taxi and a few cars parked in the street. But it also explains why there's an old television set. Incidentally, if Last Days is set in 1980, then Metropolitan HAS to be set around 1970, as the Metropolitan characters who reappear in the Last Days have aged by ten years or so. But I don't think any of this really matters.
Give me a cocktail and a Whit Stillman film, and I'm happy. Stillman's trilogy, Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994) and The Last Days of Disco (1998), is a near obsession.
There are so few like this, with that feel.
I grew up WANTING what you had in life.. and all I got was poor mid 90s New Zealand.
I moved to the USA to find it.. and best I did was wandering about NY looking...
A movie I watched that had a tiny taste of the above was Fresh Horses 1988 - Molly Ringwald...
A reach... but it has something.
Any other movies like the above you know of that I can look out???
I have quoted and paraphrased one line from Barcelona over and over again: "Why do I always look better in mirrors than I do in photographs?" That line is a blood donor to a poem of mine:
In mirrors, I look
like myself.
In photos, I look
like my father.
I really wish Stillman had (would) direct more films. This one and METROPOLITAN are absolute perfection and showcase his incredible knack for quotable dialogue and capturing the essence of specific culture.
Yes. What was his last one? The Jane Austen thing. The critics LOVED it. Alas, he's a little bit too brainy for a mass market, I suspect.
Definitely. I would say Noah Baumbach is a contemporary and they tend to mine the same social strata, but he wisely hitched his wagon to Wes Anderson and, of course, has carved out his own cinematic niche. Shame that Stillman hasn't been able to do the same. As you say, he is too brainy for the mainstream.
Oh my god, I've probably seen Metropolitan three times and just assumed it was set in the late 80's.
I know, I know. I thought so too. But apparently not. I gather Whit based it on his own experiences on the late 60s deb circuit. Their meagre budget didn't stretch to the period details- apart from an old checker taxi and a few cars parked in the street. But it also explains why there's an old television set. Incidentally, if Last Days is set in 1980, then Metropolitan HAS to be set around 1970, as the Metropolitan characters who reappear in the Last Days have aged by ten years or so. But I don't think any of this really matters.
Yeah it absolutely makes sense. And I agree that it doesn’t really matter much. Obviously it didn’t to me lol.
DUDE!!! This is EXACTLY how I feel!!
Give me a cocktail and a Whit Stillman film, and I'm happy. Stillman's trilogy, Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994) and The Last Days of Disco (1998), is a near obsession.
There are so few like this, with that feel.
I grew up WANTING what you had in life.. and all I got was poor mid 90s New Zealand.
I moved to the USA to find it.. and best I did was wandering about NY looking...
A movie I watched that had a tiny taste of the above was Fresh Horses 1988 - Molly Ringwald...
A reach... but it has something.
Any other movies like the above you know of that I can look out???
Im jonesing bad.