I think I have to get this

[deelaundry]

Last Days of Disco DVD re-release with additional commentary by the director, Chloe Sevigny, and Chris Eigeman.

- Chris Eigeman! I love to hear him talk. The topics, and the delivery -- awesome. Not as much of him in this movie as in "Barcelona," but EEEEEE for him doing commentary.
- Anyone who enjoys the "Wilson is a dick who preys on women" falsehood interpretation of his character MUST watch this movie, and marvel in Tom. MUST.
- Chloe Sevigny actually did not bug me in this movie!
- Nor did Kate Beckinsale, although her character was repellent to me. She was fun to hate.
- At 1:27 in the vid on the page above, RSL does the lip-bite = dimple thing! Cute.
- OMG, Albie from "Big Love" is in this! I totally forgot that was him. What a tangled little knot of actors.

Comments

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

I should watch that one of these days. For some reason I have two copies of it on VHS.

Also, the criteria the Criterion Collection uses is sometimes quite baffling.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

It's not a very fun movie, nor especially hopeful. A lot of jerks among the characters. But it is pretty.

I don't know Criterion's criteria. (Boy, that looks weird.) The director, Stillman, is a "thinky" kind of director, though.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

Well, not every movie has to be fun or joyful: No Country For Old Men, for example, or The 400 Blows. Pretty does help, and No Country, for all its bleakness, is gorgeous and haunting to look at.

Some of the Criterion picks are made to sell more DVDs to recoup the funds spent on the more obscure titles not so many people will rush out and buy, but this one's just out of place.