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Anti-Populism and Indie Antiquity: Interview with Whit Stillman
Published 8/14/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
In the liner notes to the Criterion edition of writer/director Whit Stillman’s debut film, Metropolitan, cultural critic/historian Luc Sante notes that the picture, “which looked like a perverse bit of daring in 1990, today seems like an artifact from an earlier century.” Sante is likely referring to the debutante culture in which the film is set, but the story of how the movie itself not only found an audience but rose to classic teen movie status among a certain class seems equally antiquated in this age of indie film Chicken Littles. Made for a ...

Early buzz: Sorkin, 'Coraline,' Sutherland and much more
Published 8/14/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
Hey there! It's Thursday, and I'm trying to prevent my Lollapalooza sunburn from peeling. Last night I watched a little Olympics, though I became too invested in the book I was reading to watch very closely. ( Demo by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan -- it's great! More on that later.) Want some headlines? Here they are: - Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter are working on a series ...

"Playing strip poker with an exhibitionist somehow takes the challenge away."
Published 8/14/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
Hulu has Whit Stillman's still-excellent 1990 debut "Metropolitan" up in its entirety -- you can find it below or at this link. Stephen Saito interviews Stillman on the main news site: The widespread use of the Internet began to hit full stride around the time "Last Days of Disco" was released, and yet your legend has grown through sites like WhitStillman.org and the speculative nature of the Web. How do you feel about that occurring? Well, it keeps you a little alive professionally, even if you sometimes feel like you're dead, so it's nice that you have some ...

What the heck...
Published 8/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Simon Crowe) at Mostly Movies
Here's another interview with Whit Stillman and a bit from Metropolitan. Watch the whole thing here. (IFC, Hulu)

Have No Fear, Whit Stillman is Still Here!
Published 8/14/2008 by Monika Bartyzel at Cinematical
Filed under: Fandom, Newsstand, Cinematical IndieWhile the wonderfully verbose director Whit Stillman is rather elusive, whetting our cinematic appetites with the classic trio (Metropolitan, Barcelona, and Last Days of Disco) and then fading away, he hasn't been forgotten. Nor has he stopped working. Rumors have been circling his name in small bursts for years, and now the director has spoken with IFC about the work that has made him an icon of discussion cinema, and the work that is yet to come. First: While Disco remains an elusive disc to ...

Links for the Day (August 15th, 2008)
Published 8/15/2008 by Keith Uhlich (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
1. "Anti-Populism and Indie Antiquity": Karina Longworth interviews Whit Stillman for Spout. You can watch Stillman's Metropolitan on Hulu. ["In the liner notes to the Criterion edition of writer/director Whit Stillman’s debut film, Metropolitan, cultural critic/historian Luc Sante notes that the picture, “which looked like a perverse bit of daring in 1990, today seems like an artifact from an earlier century.” Sante is likely referring to the debutante culture in which the film is set, but the story of how the movie itself not only found an ...

METROPOLITAN AND THE DIGITAL RE-RELEASE
Published 8/19/2008 by Scott Macaulay (noreply@blogger.com) at Filmmaker Magazine
[image] I've posted before about Chris Anderson's dictum that everything in the digital world wants to be free. One type of merchandise that may prove Anderson's theory is independent film hits from the 1980s and '90s. Whit Stillman and Cinetic Media organized a blogosphere blitz this week with the free streaming release of his 1990 debut feature Metropolitan on Hulu.com. As Cinetic's Matt Dentler blogs, Stillman did fresh interviews with Karina Longworth at Spout, Eugene Hernandez at Indiewire, and Stephen Saito at Indiewire. Noticing all the commotion, I emailed ...