I am old enough to remember the disco era and I can say that Whit Stillman captures one essential element of that particular time.

It was fun. Oh yes. It was a dance floor party.

Sure, it was cheesy and the clothes were a little ridiculous. Plus, it cut into live music in a bad way. Plus, it was pure studio product. Plus, in places like New York it fed into an unhealthy velvet rope scene.

But, I'm here to tell you that in Baltimore, where I'm from, it was totally healthy, whoa-baby, party-down fun. I also think it was a major gay-straight bonding thing, which the movie is very clear about. Also, it kept America dancing through a time too many people where enthralled by Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers, who ruled the airwaves but who you could not dance to.

Chloe Sevigny is perfectly cast here. She's a downtowner who comes across with a level head. She has a look. Prominent upper lip blonde with sharp chin, but still pretty. She's cool in every scene. The dudes in the movie are practically interchangeable. They are all Squareheads aspiring to hipness.

Stillman is the poet of hip "New Yawkness" and all of that is on display here. The young women are aspirants in the publishing industry. They look good and the movie dotes on them. They belong in nightclubs.

I didn't live in Manhattan in the disco era. But it's cool to visit with people who did. And you won't get a better visit than in this movie.