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3	''The Last Days of Disco'' is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/ChloeSevigny and Creator/KateBeckinsale.
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5	The film follows Alice Kinnon (Sevigny) and Charlotte Pingress (Beckinsale), two young women in the early 1980s who are Hampshire College graduates and work in a New York publishing house as poorly paid readers, who after work are able to enter an exclusive disco nightclub.
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8	!!The Last Tropes of Disco:
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10	* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: At one point, Charlotte talks about how much fun she had seeing ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' with her little niece and nephew. Josh replies by deconstructing the movie as promoting an unrealistic and self-destructive view towards relationships with the opposite sex, "imprinting on their little psyches the idea that smooth-talking delinquents recently escaped from the local pound are a good match for nice girls from sheltered homes."
11	* AmazingFreakingGrace: After she collapses at the apartment, Alice and Charlotte talk about singing songs in the street, but nobody mentions a title except "Amazing Grace" (which Charlotte then sings).
12	* AnalogyBackfire:
13	* BigApplesauce: The movie takes place in New York City.
14	* TheCameo: Characters from director Stillman's previous films ''Metropolitan'' and ''Film/{{Barcelona}}'' make appearances.
15	* CastFullOfRichPeople: The cast aren't ostentatiously wealthy, but they all attended elite schools, and Alice and Charlotte, despite being PotteryBarnPoor, mention that they're getting financial help from their parents.
16	* CoolestClubEver: The disco nightclub, based on Studio 54, is "impossible to get into."
17	* CreativeClosingCredits[=/=]DancePartyEnding: The ending credit sequence shows people on the subway and even people on platforms dancing to "Love Train".
18	* DuelingMovies: This movie was released just ''four months'' before ''Film/FiftyFour''.
19	* EndOfAnEra: This film, like ''Film/BoogieNights'', shows characters who had a good time at the end of TheSeventies reacting to changes brought on by TheEighties.
20	* HairContrastDuo: Charlotte is brunette, bitchy, icy, and selfish, while Alice is timid and withdrawn with blonde hair.
21	* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Josh tells Alice that he always wanted to say "book this clown". She talks about [[ItWillNeverCatchOn how unlikely this is to happen.]] He then says that during the club raid.
22	* TheLastTitle: The title.
23	* MonsterRoommate: Charlotte and Alice drive each other mad.
24	* OddCouple: Alice and Charlotte have this kind of friendship; Alice is rather shy, mild-natured and romantic, while Charlotte is outgoing, rather shallow and selfish.
25	* ProductionThrowback: Characters from director Stillman's previous films ''Metropolitan'' and ''Film/{{Barcelona}}'' make appearances.
26	* RightThroughHisPants: When the warning about the DEA comes through, Des is having sex on the couch. The woman is shown fully naked, while Des is shown immediately wrapped in a towel.
27	* VisibleBoomMic: When Charlotte and Alice are walking down a corridor.
28	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Charlotte is constantly critical of Alice, often under the guise of looking out for her or giving her advice.
29	* YearX: Set in "the very early 1980s."

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