WHIT STILLMAN : DISCOVER OR RE-DISCOVER.

REASON N°1

Whit Stillman is full of wit

The Last Days of Disco:Lady and the Tramp

An unexpected and funny analysis of Disney's Lady and the Tramp.

Irony at its best

No teaching material. Laughing material

 unofficial script of this scene here

And here is a beautiful tribute to the film-maker::

The Discreet wit of Whit Stillman

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REASON N° 2

He is a great Jane Austen lover : (watch Metropolitan, a tribute to Mansfield Park,

transposed to PARK Avenue) with allusions to Persuasion and Emma.

Read this excellent article :

Mansfield Park at the Movies by Ellen Moody

at 

The same article can also be found here :

Reverie Under The sign of Austen

review of Metropolitan in The New York Times :

whit-stillman-s-metropolitan-a-modern-comedy-of-manners

Reviews on various blogs

janeausten.co.uk/metropolitan-clueless-and-bridget-joness-diary

mansfield-park-metropolitan-austens-morality-whit-stillmans-modern-world

austenprose.com/2008/08/20/metropolitan-1990-movie-musings-discussion

From mansfield park to Metroolitan : The abandoned Generation.pdf

Here is another review :

Austenised

on  PBS :

The_complete_jane_austen_

Another fascinating site :

 http://www.jasna.org

A deeper analysis of film adaptations of Austen's novels

PDF

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST / REASON N°3

A scoop : Whit Stillman's next film will be an adaptation of

 Jane Austen's Lady Susan , a short epistolary novel.

Entitled Love and Friendship, the filmwill be shot in Ireland,

starring Sienna Miller and Chloé Sevigny

Whit Stillman's Unofficial Site

About Love And Friendship

Read Jane Austen's LADY SUSAN on

PEMBERLEY

 Ellen Moody's teaching