The Criterion Collection
A Whit Stillman Trilogy: Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco
Details by Film
Metropolitan
Year: 1990
Time: 99
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio
English 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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The Last Days of Disco
Year: 1998
Time: 113
Aspect Ratio
1.78:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio
English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
Streaming Options
Barcelona
Year: 1994
Time: 101
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio
English 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround
Streaming Options
Metropolitan
| The Last Days of Disco
| Barcelona
Licensors
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
| Westerly Films
| Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Directed by: Whit Stillman
Over the course of the 1990s, writer-director Whit Stillman made a trilogy of films about the acid tongues and broken hearts of some haplessly erudite young Americans in New York and abroad. Set in the eighties, these films would trace the arc of that decade, led by Stillman’s Oscar-nominated debut, Metropolitan, which introduced moviegoers to a strange, endangered species of privileged New Yorker dubbed the “urban haute bourgeoisie.” Chronologically, the tale continues with The Last Days of Disco, in which, with an earnest wink, Stillman mourns the close of New York’s nightclub era via the story of two young party-going women juggling day jobs in book publishing. Finally, Barcelona plunks down a pair of love-starved upper-class men in a foreign city riddled with anti-American sentiment. At once effervescent and melancholy, these are comedies about the ends of eras, social change as seen through the eyes of reluctant, unflaggingly sardonic romantics.
Technical Specifications
Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1 (Anamorphic) , 1.78:1 (Anamorphic) , 1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio:
English 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround
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Subtitles:
English
Region:
1
Discs:
3 Discs |
DVD-9
Supplements
- Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Whit Stillman and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols
- New video essay by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about the trilogy made up of Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco
- The Making of “Barcelona,” a short documentary from 1994 featuring behind-the-scenes footage and on-set interviews with Stillman and cast members
- Deleted scenes and alternate ending, with commentary by Whit Stillman, Chris Eigeman, and Taylor Nichols
- Segment from a 1994 episode of the Today show featuring Whit Stillman
- Episode of The The Dick Cavett Show from 1991 with Whit Stillman
- Trailer
- An essay by film scholar Haden Guest
- Audio commentary by Whit Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols
- Rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Whit Stillman
- Insert featuring a new essay by critic Luc Sante
- Audio commentary by Whit Stillman and actors Chris Eigeman and Chloë Sevigny
- Four deleted scenes, with commentary by Whit Stillman, Chris Eigeman, and Chloë Sevigny
- Audio recording of Whit 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
- Insert with a new essay by novelist David Schickler
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Metropolitan
The Last Days of Disco
Barcelona
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Release Credits
Artwork: Sarah Habibi
Producer: Kate Elmore
Artwork: Pierre Le Tan
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