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Studio 54 (2018) is a English movie. Matt Tyrnauer has directed this movie. Ian Schrager,Steve Rubell,Donald Rubell,Neil Schlesinger are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2018. Studio 54 (2018) is considered one of the best Documentary,History,Music movie in India and around the world.
Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism--a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.
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Studio 54 (2018) Reviews
Illuminating real life insight into the nightclub that set the standard
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning In late 1970's New York, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager were two lower middle class college graduate friends, who had separate idea about the career paths they wanted to carve out for themselves. But eventually, they came together to spearhead what would turn out to be their most spectacular endeavour: Studio 54, the Manhattan nightclub that pushed the boundaries, and was a spectacle like no other. But unlicensed drinking, drugs and tax evasion resulted in the pair's imprisonment, and the demise of the club. Upon their release, they attempted to relive their former glory, until Rubell's death in 1989 from AIDs. For those who weren't around to actually experience it first hand, the iconic Studio 54 has generated a kind of mythical quality about it that film has tried to capture, with even a 1998 film starring Mike Myers made about it. It defined the disco era, and evoked a genuine sense of glamour and wonderment that imitators have failed to capture, whilst also simmering in an underbelly of excess and debauchery that was equally integral to its nature (and was eventually its undoing.) Its overwhelming appeal was to the gay and transgender community, who were persecuted mercilessly on the New York streets, but who discovered a community of acceptance and love inside, both in the spirit of the people and the music. Despite being the closest of friends, Rubell and Schrager are still portrayed as polar opposites, Rubell a wild, crazy closet homosexual who lived like any moment could be his last, while Schrager is a more practical, level headed guy who oversaw the more grounded side of things. With this in mind, it is overwhelmingly Rubell's influence that shines most brightly in the club, injecting the flamboyance that only a gay mind could muster, and still made it so iconic after so many years. Theirs is a true life tale that wouldn't have been as good if it had been made up, and understandably set the template for many fact based films. Director Matt Tyrnauer manages an impressively condensed 98 minutes to fit in this illuminating real life tale of triumph and tragedy, filled with a pulse pounding soundtrack that may make you want to dig out your old records afterwards. ****
Outstanding glimpse into NYC culture in the 1970's and 1980's.
I was very fond of this period in time, and has the great fortune of living in NYC during the 1980's. I missed Studio 54, but did alot of clubbing at the Palladium, Area, the Tunnel, MK's, the Red Zone, Jackie 60, and some other spots. None were as wild and full throttled as Studio, but were amazing in their own way. It was a great era for clubbing, and until about 1988, NYC was enjoying a heyday, that started around the time Studio closed. It was a magic decade. This movie captured some of the magic of that era, which was really just kicking off, and lasted till the middle of the 1990's, in my opinion. At that point, Guiliani changed the city forever. He made it into a kind of Disneyland, with clean streets, and corporate giants occupying once seedy neighborhoods. The magic was lost. It is a completely different city now. One of millionaires, and glitz. It is still perhaps the greatest city on the planet, but without the character and seediness that made it so funky, cool, hip, vibrant, and alluring back then. I would have enjoyed more footage, and more time spent on the actual heyday of the club, and perhaps less of a sermon about the moral decay, and mistakes Rubell and Schrager made. In that respect, the movie reflected the very fake puritanism of today's America. But, it was a very good story. And a wonderful slice of New York history and culture. This film was very well made, and had alot of great archival footage.
Well made and likely definitive Doc on the famed Disco Club
Matt Tyrnauer's fine documentary about the famed NYC Dance Club. I liked that they didn't make it simply about the "glory days" of the club (complete with wall to wall disco music; The tunes are there, but, they are tastefully integrated). It is more a portrait of club owners Steve Rebell and Ian Schrager with Studio 54 as the hook. The fact that Schrager is there to tell the story (although, he remains coy about certain details) is what elevates above other docs on the club, and it will likely remain the most definitive movie on the club for that reason. Also, credit that it doesn't spend the bulk of its runtime covering the 'glory days' and the celebrity culture aspects (although there's plenty of both). It shows the birth of the club all the way from it's conception to the fall - and even afterwards. P.S. Bonus points for largely respecting the Aspect Ratio of most of the vintage footage.
ICONIC!!! Xanadu on Earth, for only a moment.
This is a first hand look into the inside of the amazing Studio 54. Co-Founder Ian Schrager looks back and gives an intimate run-down of the disco's creation and rise to complete wonderland, and it's ultimate demise as it came crashing down quicker than a snort of blow. This documentary explores the experiences, first hand accounts, from many of the employees caught up in the whirlwind of this Xanadu on New York's 54th Avenue. The photo's and videos from inside the club are as much eye-opening as they are fascinating. Studio 54 was a place to feel safe and feel free, a place to live life to it's fullest every night and escape the prejudices, injustices, and cruel world of reality outside its doors. It drew the likes of Liza Minelli, Michael Jackson, Liz Taylor....and so many more from the global A-List of Celebrity in the late '70's. It was a time and experience like no other in recent history, and the place to be (if you could only get in the door). Don't miss this exceptional inside account of the iconic discotheque Studio 54.
Pretty standard doc
Fairly routine talking head doc about the brief life of the crazy club that people still talk about. Some neat archival footage, but overall there's not THAT much to talk about. 3 years of debauchery then jail time. What you get is a bit of stretched out run time, but still ultimately interesting enough to make it worth checking out.