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Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard
Derek Jarman's footage speaks to the freedoms afforded by the combination of a darkened dance floor and like-minded people.
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The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
This is not a picture about which extravagant claims ought to be made; it really is, in the end, an hour and change in a London disco in 1984. But as a page from an artist’s notebook, and a time capsule curio, it rates pretty high.
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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
At some point, we realize we've stopped counting the '80s dance hits we recognize (or trying to figure out when that Frankie Goes to Hollywood remix will end) and have become invested in the social lives of the men and women on camera.
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Village Voice by Michelle Orange
An awkward, frequently transcendent document whose sense of rhythm, purpose, and narrative is as unlikely as it is ultimately persuasive, and whose fascination with moments of haunted impermanence signals, perhaps more than anything else, the mark of its maker.