This movie revolves around the most well known nightclub in the world during the 70s, Studio 54, that meets with a great success by people, as its founders Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, do their best to make it perfect, but after achieving such a great success, their life turns down, when they have been arrested for tax evasion, the nightclub has been closed.
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.
