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Flashing back in time, during the 70s, when a well known nightclub, Studio 54, has been opened in New York, where people meet it with a great acceptance, according to its unique style, this movie embodies the atmosphere and the environment of its setting up, as Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two closed friends, who set it up and do their best to achieve such a success that does not last long, as they have been arrested for the accusation of tax evasion.
You have to applaud the steadiness of purpose in Tyrnauer's approach: from the mayhem of the dancefloor he has extracted a...poignant thesis about its significance to the wider culture of the day.
Studio 54 shows what it is like to capture lightning in a bottle, as well as what it means to get burned. The archival footage is fabulous, and this film is a rollicking good time.
The story of the most famous nightclub in 1970s New York has been told countless times, but Matt Tyrnauer's documentary boasts the presence of the hotel mogul Ian Schrager, who made his name as the club's co-founder.
It's amazing someone like Scorcese hasn't taken this and given it the Casino treatment - although given the reality shown here, you'd be hard pushed to make it any better.