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2 unusual facts about Whit Stillman


Charles Fourier

In Whit Stillman's film Metropolitan, the idealistic Tom Townsend describes himself as a Fourierist, and debates the success of social experiment Brook Farm with another of the characters.

Mark C. Henrie

He has, in addition, edited Doomed Bourgeois in Love (essays about the films of Whit Stillman) and Arguing Conservatism, a collection of essays that appeared first in the Intercollegiate Review.


Old Town Bar and Restaurant

Several artists and Hollywood directors have used the Old Town as a backdrop for their productions and movie scenes, including rap group House of Pain in the music video for Jump Around (1992) and director Whit Stillman for his The Last Days of Disco (1998).


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