| Notes | Criterion Collection Blu-ray edition
The Last Days of Disco, from director Whit Stillman, is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s Manhattan party scene from the vantage point of the late nineties. At the center of the film’s roundelay of revelers are the icy Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale) and the demure Alice (Chloë Sevigny), by day toiling as publishing house assistants and by night looking for romance and entertainment at a Studio 54–like club. Brimming with Stillman’s trademark dry humor, The Last Days of Disco is an affectionate yet unsentimental look at the end of an era.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Whit Stillman, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary by Stillman and actors Chris Eigeman and Chloë Sevigny
Four deleted scenes, with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny
Audio recording of Stillman reading a chapter from his book The Last Days of Disco, with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Stills gallery, with captions by Stillman
Trailer
PLUS: A new essay by novelist David Schickler
Cover illustration by Pierre Le Tan, based on his theatrical poster |
