the film be compel not because of a riveting story and special effect and or manufacture suspense and but because of sharply write character whose personality drive the story and rather than vice versa and extensive knowledge of it subject and and beautifully write dialogue . the dialogue and by the way and be great not only for it intelligence and wit and but also because it instantly identify a proudly unique writer . we can tell mamet and because of his fractured phrase and rhythmic line reading . we know smith because of his rapid fire and fiery and profane writing and as well a his sensitivity . tarantino be recognizable because of his pop culture reference . whit stillman write character who talk and often defiantly and in complete sentence and and say exactly what they mean and whether theyre express their emotion and or shoot to kill . whit stillman be nominate for an academy award for his screenplay for metropolitan in 1991 and and with barcelona and the last day of disco and he on a winning streak .