“The Last Days of Disco” quotes
(1998)
Title The Last Days of Disco
Year 1998
Director Whit Stillman
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music
Year 1998
Director Whit Stillman
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music
Plot – Alice and Charlotte have just finished college and work together in a publishing house sharing with Holly their small apartment in Yorkville, Manhattan. Charlotte comforts Alice, who has never had a boyfriend, until one evening they meet Jimmy and Tom, an advertiser and a lawyer. As Charlotte and Alice meet all the guy's friends, their cohabitation worsens. Alice leaves the apartment and dates Joss, Jimmy loses his job and flies to Spain, Charlotte gets pregnant and leaves New York, the bar where everyone used to meet closes and their beloved disco music loses success.
All actors – Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Mackenzie Astin, Matt Keeslar, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals, Matt Ross, Tara Subkoff, Burr Steers, David Thornton, Jaid Barrymore
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“There's something deeply ingrained in human biology: women prefer bad over weak and indecisive... and unemployed.”
“You're a good conversationalist; but, there's something of the kindergarten teacher about you. Which is really nice; but, the guys you like also tend to be on the ethereal side and get pretty far away from any physicality.”
“Do you really think the neurological effects of coffee are similar to that of cocaine?”
“Barcelona is beautiful but in human terms, pretty cold.”
“It's really important there be more group social life. Not just all this ferocious pairing off.”
“- Alice: We don't even have an apartment. How can we have a dinner party?
- Charlotte: Well, its another incentive to get one.”“Reincarnation - life after death - mumbo-jumbo of all kinds has been highly commercial throughout the history of book publishing. The first printed book... was the Bible.”
“There's one theory that the environmental movement of our day was sparked by the rerelease of Bambi in the late 1950s.”
“- Charlotte: I'm sorry, its just that you're so terrific, it makes me sick to think you might get in that terrible situation again where everyone hated you.
- Alice: Hated me?
- Charlotte: You're wonderful. Maybe in physical terms I'm a little cuter than you, but you should be much more popular than I am.”
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