DVD The Last Days Of Disco

[discodevil]

For the last two years I have wanted a copy of The Last Days Of Disco on DVD.
But the prices were always too high from $40.00 to $100.00. I don't no why.
I was so surprised today when my local CD/DVD store had copies for just $14.00.
Im a happy man today and it was on my birthday too.:icon_smile:

[drlove]

well, happy birthday, DiscoDevil ! I haven't yet checked out that 1998(?) film . .. but I recall buying the soundtrack on cassette, and digging it much !!!

[PierreConstantin]

A quite enjoyable movie but I never understood why at the very beginning it says on the screen something like «The first years of the 80's» when obviously we are in 1979 (at the end, one of the characters -a lawyer?- has a friend at Casablanca who talked about the sales going down).

[Dayna]

The movie was TIRED......The music was out of sinc with the date's the costume design was TIRED..all in all The only thing I liked was Matt Keeslar"eye candy" and I love Chole Sevigny although her talents were wasted in this mess..IMO
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DDevil

[SandraDee]

A quite enjoyable movie but I never understood why at the very beginning it says on the screen something like «The first years of the 80's» when obviously we are in 1979 (at the end, one of the characters -a lawyer?- has a friend at Casablanca who talked about the sales going down).

It's all over the place. What hip NYC club in the early 80s would still be playing 70s disco music? & what NYC clubs would people be able to hold articulate conversations in & hear every word?:icon_confused: Even 54's a better film, & I found that a crashing disappointment.

[PierreConstantin]

Another big problem on «The Last Days Of Disco»: music is a collection of enormous big hits in their 7" version and we can only hear bits and pieces of these songs. There's no blending from one song to another: the dj must've been terrible :icon_biggrin:.

IMO the only very good disco movie is the only one original: «Thank God it's Friday». And it's the only movie I know, besides true musicals, with music from the very beginning to the last image.

[discodevil]

I would love to see a movie based on The Saint Disco, or any of the big ones other than 54.
What clubs of the past would make a great movie?

[Mr.Ree]

I would love to see a movie based on The Saint Disco, or any of the big ones other than 54.
What clubs of the past would make a great movie?

San Francisco's Trocadero Transfer had truly awesome parties in the 80s....it was almost like being temporarily lifted into another universe. The parties on Sundays that preceeded Monday holidays were especially wild. But very specific memories are a bit fuzzy (not surprisingly). I always have mixed feelings about reliving those days....they were almost too good to be true, and then I think about what entertainment is like today and get so depressed I almost weep.....

[Dayna]

I would love to see a movie based on The Saint Disco, or any of the big ones other than 54.
What clubs of the past would make a great movie?

The Garage.."and not a documentary.."been done"..The Loft..The Copa ft Lauderdale..The Conitental bath's when Larry and frankie worked there

[Zef]

The Conitental bath's when Larry and frankie worked there

Wonder who they would get to play Bette?

[Mr.Ree]

I'm a bit confused here....the VHS is $1.99 on eBay and the movie has been on pay per view several times, so why would anyone pay an outrageous price for the DVD?

[paul]

The movie was TIRED......The music was out of sinc with the date's the costume design was TIRED..all in all The only thing I liked was Matt Keeslar"eye candy" and I love Chole Sevigny although her talents were wasted in this mess..IMO
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DDevil

I've heard seen bad reviews (here) for this movie. I still havent caught most of it. Maybe a few minutes and it was a bore.
Anyway Dayna, what movie do you recommend I see Chloe in?

[paul]

oh, pardon me. Happy B'Day dd.

[discodevil]

Thanks for the Happy Birthday wishes.:icon_smile:
And to those who don't like the The Last Days Of Disco, don't rain on my parade.
Im well aware that both 54 and The Last Days Of Disco had a lot of flaws.
But that does not mean I would destroy them or not watch them.
Someone soon just needs to make a great disco drama or a musical with some real cred!

[Westwood]

I don't remember how much I enjoied TLDOD but I sure loved the end credits sequence in the underground with the music playing :)

[JussiK]

54 is a cynical Hollywood movie -as opposed to a film, an ambitious work - created only to make maximum profit from the theatrical and dvd realeses and cd sales. Last Days of Disco director Whit Stillman admitted himself he was an amateur with his subject matter but the outcome is completely in a different leaque with the rest, save for Adrian Pang's That's the Way I Like It. Acting, narrative flow, the cinematic language overall, we're talking about a proper film, not something made to munch popcorn by. It would be absurd even to compare the hammy tv-level antics of 54 with the professionalism, structural competence and wit of Last Days. Whit also had a disco scene in his previous equally accomplished film Barcelona but got the details wrong there too, describing a song playing in the background as a Donna Summer tune while it's actually by Silver Convention. Ok, Last Days of Disco was more a classy conversation piece than a film focusing on club culture but then again, 54 was more total crap than anything:-)

[drlove]

Say what ya want about the films (Last Days AND 54) . . but their soundtracks rocked !!!

I really like how both tended to use club hits of the super-'70s as opposed to just whatever disco tunes were on pop radio (as in there are no Bee Gees, Donna Summer or KC/Sunshine Band on either soundtrack).

Nothing against those particular artists, but too many producers take their recordings and fill up every disco soundtrack with PRIMARILY those artists, which is not representative of the whole era.

[Westwood]

Say what ya want about the films (Last Days AND 54) . . but their soundtracks rocked !!!

I really like how both tended to use club hits of the super-'70s as opposed to just whatever disco tunes were on pop radio (as in there are no Bee Gees, Donna Summer or KC/Sunshine Band on either soundtrack).

Nothing against those particular artists, but too many producers take their recordings and fill up every disco soundtrack with PRIMARILY those artists, which is not representative of the whole era.

I totally agree, especially the 54 soundtrack, which here in mainland Europe was only released as a double cd while in the US I think it was two not so cheap separate discs.

[SandraDee]

Someone soon just needs to make a great disco drama or a musical with some real cred!

I so agree dd! I wish I was a good writer with imagination & could write an exciting, script that's authentic & hardcore & tells a very good tale like 'Dancer From The Dance' or 'French Connection' and then get it made into a fun, flashy film like a cross between 'Thank God Its Friday', 'The Stud' & 'Carlitos Way' using really fab music like DC Larue & El Coco. Maybe if I imagine hard enough it'll come true. (or not!)

[Mr.Ree]

I've heard seen bad reviews (here) for this movie. I still havent caught most of it. Maybe a few minutes and it was a bore.
Anyway Dayna, what movie do you recommend I see Chloe in?

I'm not Dayna but I enjoyed Chloe in "If These Walls Could Talk 2"