Whit Stillman is an American writer-director known for his sly depictions of the "urban haute bourgeoisie," a term he uses for the upper-class WASP elite within American culture. His films keenly examine the irony and awkwardness inherent in social rituals and intellectual discourse. Stillman masterfully captures the unique vernacular and absurdities of elite circles. His work is celebrated for its distinctive wit and unconventional perspective on social dynamics.
This volume brings together two screenplays which celebrate two different cities - New York in winter and Barcelona in summer. Metropolitan won the New York Film Critics Best New Director Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
HISTORICAL FICTION. Impossibly beautiful, disarmingly witty, and completely self-absorbed: meet Lady Susan Vernon, both the heart and the thorn of Love & Friendship. Recently widowed with a daughter who's coming of age as quickly as their funds are dwindling, Lady Susan makes it her mission to find them wealthy husbands - and fast. But when her attempts to secure their futures result only in the wrath of a prominent conquest's wife and the title of 'most accomplished coquette in England', Lady Susan must rethink her strategy. Unannounced, she arrives at her brother-in-law's country estate. Here she intends to take refuge - in no less than luxury, of course - from the colorful rumors trailing her, while finding another avenue to 'I do'. Before the scandalizing gossip can run its course, though, romantic triangles ensue