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Hulu's Next Big Score: Whit Stillman's METROPOLITAN

It's like cloverfield without the monster by The Eskimo	Aug 15th, 2008 12:43:04 AM

Great movie from the indie early 1990s... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Aug 15th, 2008 12:45:58 AM
What's director Whit Stillman been up to these days? We haven't heard anything from him since his last flick, The Last Days of Disco.
Not Bad, Eskimo by mrbeaks	Aug 15th, 2008 12:47:00 AM
But younger and more literate. Also, no Hud-cam.
Prof. Pop-Cult by mrbeaks	Aug 15th, 2008 12:48:07 AM
Check out the link before the video. IFC's got a really good interview with him. He's been prepping some Jamaican-set movie for a couple of years now.
Cool. by Prof. Pop-Cult	Aug 15th, 2008 12:54:34 AM
I like the guy. Frankly, he should have gotten more attention throughout the 1990s. He and his films come across as more down-to-earth and nice than most of the young guy directors who first made a name for themselves in the indie scene in the 1990s.
No, not bad to YOU Mr. Beaks... by The Eskimo	Aug 15th, 2008 01:08:02 AM
...thanks for actually (and actively) participating in your posts. Whey cool.
Absolutely One Of The Best by YND	Aug 15th, 2008 01:35:35 AM
The whole 90s indie "Guys/Gals-Sitting-Around-Talk ing" genre never got any better than METROPOLITAN. And there was never a better standard-bearer than Chris Eigeman. Not to all tastes, perhaps, but a perfect independent film as far as I'm concerned.
by Kuffs	Aug 15th, 2008 02:24:25 AM
Just watched Barcelona (Stillman's follow up to Metropolitan) a couple days ago. It's also worth checking out, not only for another great Eigeman performance but for Mira Sorvino sporting a spanish accent.
I actually prefer BARCELONA to METROPOLITAN. by Finding Forrestal	Aug 15th, 2008 02:55:23 AM
They're both pretty good films though. As for whatever happened to Stillman, I like to think he passed the torch on to Noah Baumbach (whose underrated KICKING AND SCREAMING borrowed more from Stillman's films than just actor Chris Eigeman).
whilt the stilt's metropolitan harem by ironic_name	Aug 15th, 2008 03:03:36 AM

Also, does anyone know... by Finding Forrestal	Aug 15th, 2008 03:05:55 AM
...if a new Region 1 DVD of THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO is in the works? I really want to check it out but am having trouble tracking down the old DVD (which I believe is out of print). Any ideas? Other than dusting off the old VCR?
Here's hoping for a Criterion LDOD... by Sherman_Lives	Aug 15th, 2008 03:20:37 AM
..perhaps while they're at it Criterion can license Barcelona from WB. Can't let Wes Anderson be the only director whose entire oeuvre gets the Criterion treatment (unless I'm forgetting somebody)!
Was THE DARJEELING LIMITED on Criterion? by Finding Forrestal	Aug 15th, 2008 03:26:19 AM
If so, I need to pick it up ASAP.
Whey Cool by Iowa Snot Client	Aug 15th, 2008 04:05:00 AM
Just the thing to wash down a delicious SoyJoy bar.
I remember HATING Metropolitan until the halfway point... by tonagan	Aug 15th, 2008 04:11:53 AM
I thought the characters were spoiled, pretentious and obnoxious. Then some of them started to let their guard down, and I could relate to them (at least enough to enjoy what transpired in the second half). Loved Barcelona, though.
Metropolitan by jr42602	Aug 15th, 2008 06:48:32 AM
is my favorite movie of all time. I met Chris Eigeman once and he signed an autograph for me as Nick Smith.
Nobody knows who you are, Beaks by notdevin	Aug 15th, 2008 08:25:07 AM
Man, the ego on some of the writers here...all of them, actually.
Nick Smith's retail class doppleganger ... by JohnnyFriendly	Aug 15th, 2008 08:49:51 AM
... is Jeff Anderson's Randal Graves from CLERKS. Different sides of the same 90's 20-something coin.
i like _barcelona_ better, too... by duanejones	Aug 15th, 2008 09:15:33 AM
...and hulu, as a service, i can't rally comment on. but for pure online video player experience, as one cineaste to another(s), the best of the best has to be the move network's player, currently used by abc.com, espn, etc. criterion should use it for online bergman &c. -- it's that good.
Beaks was a member of CHUD All Stars by eggart	Aug 15th, 2008 10:23:21 AM
They had a good run. Now it's sort of depressing, and this site is slowly getting better.
What's "CHUD?" by notdevin	Aug 15th, 2008 11:27:55 AM

Last Days of Disco by SeanMiller	Aug 15th, 2008 03:37:55 PM
is one of my all time favorite films. It took a long time, but I was finally able to get a DVD copy from Ebay. It definitely deserves the Criterion treatment. Chris Eigeman has so many outstanding quotes in LDOD. He cracks me up everytime he speaks. "I have a gay mouth?" There are also great performances by Chloe Seveigny(?) and Kate Beckinsale. The soundtrack is also top notch. I remember Studio 54 (w/Meyers) came out at the same time and I kept thinking what trash it was compared to the unseen LDOD. I think I am going to have to put this one on tonight.
METROPOLITAN: I've seen it many times! by Bob Cryptonight	Aug 15th, 2008 06:29:22 PM
It's very funny in a sly way (not Stallone, btw)...
Barcelona is a great movie in the talky, urbane vein. by CreasyBear	Aug 15th, 2008 08:01:51 PM

Sucks by patzer11	Aug 16th, 2008 09:11:51 PM
Am I the only Gen Xer who hated Metropolitan and every other Stillman excretion?! Characters with zero personality, no passion or interests, and dislikeable to boot. Teeth-gratingly bad to watch, pretentiously written and acted, in other words like every other Stillman "masterpiece". And no plot--nothing ever happens.

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