Category Archives: Site updates

Updated when anything new is added to the site.

Some tunes from ‘Last Days…’ and a challenge

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Phil Gyford

From August 2010, here’s a fun blog post with a collection of disco tunes and video clips from The Last Days of Disco. I notice that there are a lot of clips from Stillman’s films on YouTube these days. It … Continue reading →

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Video interview with Sweden’s Television

Posted on 27 November 2011 by Phil Gyford

Whit Stillman was interviewed for SVT earlier in the month and it’s online, in several small parts for another year. I’ve also typed up the interview if you’d prefer to just read it. Here’s one of the clips in which … Continue reading →

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‘Barcelona’ Transcript

Posted on 12 May 2011 by Phil Gyford

Many thanks to reader Brad Steiner who patiently typed up a complete transcript of Barcelona’s entire dialogue, which is now on the site. It doesn’t feature as many directions and scene descriptions as the actual script (from Amazon US or … Continue reading →

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‘Barcelona’ credits added

Posted on 9 November 2010 by Phil Gyford

Many thanks to reader Robert Harkin who patiently noted down all of the end credits from Barcelona. These can now be referred to on their own page. We also have the full Metropolitan end credits. I don’t think I have … Continue reading →

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Stillman radio interview and Sundance video

Posted on 19 August 2010 by Phil Gyford

Two new Metropolitan-related items from reader Eric Burritt. First, a radio interview with Stillman from 2009. I’ve put off posting this because I wanted to listen to the interview first but haven’t had time. You can download the file directly … Continue reading →

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1991 ‘Metropolitan’ interview

Posted on 1 August 2010 by Phil Gyford

Here’s an interview with Whit Stillman from 1991 that I haven’t seen before, and it’s possibly the earliest interview available online. Betsy Sussler talks to Stillman about Metropolitan, and it’s definitely worth a read. The material seemed pretty rich, almost … Continue reading →

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A new design

Posted on 13 July 2010 by Phil Gyford

Given Stillman’s recent activity, and the possibility of a new film, it seemed only right to spruce this site up a little. We now have a new look, courtesy of WordPress’s new default theme, which seems more than good enough. … Continue reading →

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New old Metropolitan reviews

Posted on 29 June 2009 by Phil Gyford

Links to old ‘Metropolitan’ reviews.

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Two ‘Metropolitan’ items

Posted on 14 February 2009 by Phil Gyford

In a comment “John” kindly pointed out that you can watch Siskel and Ebert’s review of Metropolitan. Thumbs up from Ebert, down from Siskel. Second, a recent article at National Review lists Metropolitan as number three in its Best Conservative … Continue reading →

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Virtuous fun and romance

Posted on 13 February 2009 by Phil Gyford

A couple of new things for you… First, Rebecca Tirrell Talbot has written an article on Metropolitan and Barcelona at The Curator, ‘Virtuous Fun in the Films of Whit Stillman’: I’ll tell you candidly — I love dark, cynical, yes, … Continue reading →

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