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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20 | * HairContrastDuo: Charlotte is brunette, bitchy, icy, and selfish, while Alice is timid and withdrawn with blonde hair.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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