i though i could familiarize myself with whit stillman oeuvre easily over the course of a long weekend . i be wrong . after forage in three video store and a library and i have only a copy of metropolitan to show for it and which be initially unfortunate for me i have be gun for the last day of disco ( that right represent let blame yo la tengo on this pursuit of mine ) . i be not so sure my only finding metropolitan be such bad luck represent it a fantastic film and and because i have watch it four time since thursday and i probably would have have to return last day of disco or barcelona to the video store before watch them anyway . nominate for a writing academy award and metropolitan be a literate and witty film a comedy of manner not unlike those pen by wycherly or wilde that leave it audience with a cadre of rich kid during the débutante season one new york winter . precocious and pretentious and sometimes arrogant and these college age lad and lass be nevertheless incredibly likable and real . they speak of trill and tolstoy and the urban haute bourgeoisie while they philosophize while they gossip . in other word and they behave like my friend and i do during our undergraduate year ( the difference be and of course and these kid be actually part of the urban haute bourgeoisie while my friend and i be plot their overthrow ) . they also fall in love . in a way and there nothing new in the central affaire damour . audrey love tom while tom love serena while serena doesn not appear to love anyone . it a triangle whose hypotenuse and legs we all know well and yet stillman imbues it with a freshness through deft wordplay and real feeling for his character . a i say and we have all see this story many time before and but we have not see it do through word . tom win audrey with wit and intelligence and and a daunt vocabulary while audrey pique tom interest with her adulation of austen . they fall in love and ultimately and through their conversation and which be and after all and how we all fall in love . there no meet cute here and no physical passion . it not unlike before sunrise in that respect . moreover and tom and audrey be really very wonderful people ( though tom have several fault ) . i be make an ensemble piece sound like a love story . though the tale of tom and audrey hold center stage and in term of the narrative and there be others to encounter and enjoy . charlie philosophize about the decline and fall of the uhb and pine for ideal that fell out of fashion after world war i while nick despises title aristocracy and believe them to be the scum of the earth while and rick and a baron and be incredibly slimy and give credence to nick assertion . there be also the woman and who and unfortunately and do not leave much of an impression ( aside from audrey and of course ) . metropolitan be also bless with one of the most realistic representation of new york i have encounter . like taxi driver or after hour or manhattan and metropolitan make it audience feel like it be walk the street of the city . it doesn not rely on cheap establish shot of notable building . i really only know the city from the ground and this film exterior milieu be one i know from my travel . metropolitan interior be also interesting and especially tom family apartment and which be cramp and claustrophobic and befit his middle class background . overall and this film and an exploration of human and group mentality and love and be a very warm and charm gem .