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Plot: Gathering in a Manhattan apartment during debutante season, a group of upwardly mobile young people find themselves in the company of a stranger who is more than ready to dress them down for their way of life.
Our Take: Writer/director Whit Stillman for sure created his own cinematic universe in the early 1990s, as Metropolitan and Barcelona played on a constant tape loop in dorm rooms, crash pads, and beyond. Stillman lambasted privileged society from within, while introducing a generation of movie-watchers to the comedy of manners. His one-two culture punch also positioned Chris Eigeman as an indie leading man a decade before he landed in Stars Hollow. — Arno
Plot: Gathering in a Manhattan apartment during debutante season, a group of upwardly mobile young people find themselves in the company of a stranger who is more than ready to dress them down for their way of life.
Our Take: Writer/director Whit Stillman for sure created his own cinematic universe in the early 1990s, as Metropolitan and Barcelona played on a constant tape loop in dorm rooms, crash pads, and beyond. Stillman lambasted privileged society from within, while introducing a generation of movie-watchers to the comedy of manners. His one-two culture punch also positioned Chris Eigeman as an indie leading man a decade before he landed in Stars Hollow. — Arno
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