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Whit Stillman and Chris Eigeman at NiteHawk Cinema

Posted on 11 May 2013 by Eric Burritt

Here is the video from Gothamist Presents: An Evening with Whit Stillman, Chris Eigeman, and Metropolitan. Whit Stillman and Chris Eigeman talk about the production of Metropolitan. They touch on Eigeman parking cars, trying to get shots by calling it … Continue reading →

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Interviews with Whit Stillman Collaborators Mark Suozzo & Christopher Tellefsen

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Eric Burritt

Spoiler Alert Radio interviews Stillman collaborators Mark Suozzo and Christopher Tellefson. Film editor Christopher Tellefsen talks about finding a rhythm editing Metropolitan which was made up of mostly dialogue. Composer Mark Suozzo talks about the challenges and advantages of getting … Continue reading →

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Girl Crush: Carolyn Farina

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Eric Burritt

Nicole from power-animals.com writes this about Carolyn Farina from Metropolitan: Whit Stillman and I must have the same taste in leading ladies. Greta Gerwig, the star of his latest film Damsels in Distress, was a past G.C. of mine and … Continue reading →

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Carl’s Rock Songbook #70: Social Dancing as a Key to Whit Stillman’s Films

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Eric Burritt

Carl Scott from First Things writes: Whit Stillman fans know that his first three films are a loosely connected trilogy of sorts, with THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO being the film that ties them together by means of our meeting … Continue reading →

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Win 2 Tickets To Our (Gothamist) ‘Metropolitan’ Event With Whit Stillman And Chris Eigeman

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Eric Burritt

You can win two tickets to the Gothamist screening of Metropolitan: Tomorrow night we are hosting a screening of Metropolitan at Nitehawk Cinemas, which will bring the rarely independent gem to the big screen once again, along with Whit Stillman … Continue reading →

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A Conversation With Whit Stillman About The Script Of ‘Metropolitan’

Posted on 22 August 2012 by Eric Burritt

Sharan Shetty interviews Whit Stillman about his first film for theawl.com. See an excerpt here and click on the link above to read more: Whit Stillman takes his time. A renowned documenter of the well-educated and self-absorbed, the writer-director has … Continue reading →

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Movie Man: Whit Stillman’s films full of interesting characters

Posted on 15 August 2012 by Eric Burritt

Here’s what Will Pfeifer from GATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE has to say about two from Stillman’s triptych.  Both are available for purchase on Criterion blu-ray (Metropolitan & The Last Days of Disco) : Writer/director Whit Stillman released his first film way back … Continue reading →

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‘70s and ‘80s provide background for Whit Stillman films

Posted on 29 July 2012 by Eric Burritt

Here’s what Peggy Earle of hamptonroads.com has to say of the release of Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco and Metropolitan on Blu-ray:  CRITERION HAS BROUGHT out two director-approved Blu-rays of Whit Stillman’s independent films. The two films mostly comment … Continue reading →

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Another ‘Damsels in Distress’ roundup

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Phil Gyford

A few more Damsels in Distress-related articles have been trickling in… Worth a read is an interesting take on the morality suggested in the movie, from Christopher S. Morrissey at the Catholic World Report: Stillman never condescends to any of … Continue reading →

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‘Metropolitan’ and ‘The Last Days of Disco’ on Blu-Ray

Posted on 17 April 2012 by Phil Gyford

A quick respite from the Damsels in Distress posts… The Criterion Collection have just announced that Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco will be released on Blu-Ray on 24 July 2012, with what I think are the same extras … Continue reading →

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