The disco era, long dismissed as a time of hedonistic excess, has been gravely misunderstood. Revisionist historians now argue the era was in fact an important time of protest: liberating gays, blacks and women. THE SECRET DISCO REVOLUTION juxtaposes disco revisionists against revealing new interviews with the era's biggest stars: Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive), Village People (YMCA, In The Navy), Robert "Kool" Bell from Kool and the Gang, and Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey - KC and the Sunshine Band. ... A goldmine of rarely seen stock footage, and enough disco hits to shake your booty straight back to 1978. But the film's form is as revolutionary as its content: This quietly hilarious doc-satire also features an unreliable Nabokovian narrator; "reenactments" that are speculative to the point of complete fantasy; and a unique tone of sustained irony that both presents a fresh look at a well-known era, and compels audiences to question it, without ever allowing them off the dancefloor Written, produced, and directed by Jamie Kastner,a Toronto-based filmmaker and writer whose work has received international acclaim (Kike Like Me, Recessionize! For Fun And Profit! , Free Trade is Killing My Mother, Djangomania!) (c) E OneIf You Like this movie you can streaming The Secret Disco Revolution movie without downloading HERE
Genre Movie :Documentary,Musical & Performing Arts,Comedy,Special Interest
Mpaa Rating : Unrated Release Date : Jun 28, 2013 Limited
Actors :Alice Echols,Henri Belolo,Larry Harris,Michael Musto,Harry W. Casey,Gloria Gaynor,Thelma Houston,Village People,Nicky Siano,The Trammps,Martha Wash,Peter Keleghan,Peter Shapiro,Robert "Kool" Bell,Vince Aletti,Tom Moulton,Anita Pointer,Maxine Nightingale,Evelyn King,The Village People
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All Critics Ranting For The Secret Disco Revolution : 5.6If You Like this movie you can streaming The Secret Disco Revolution movie without downloading HERE
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"The Secret Disco Revolution" laughably fails to turn Barry White and Donna Summer into the Che Guevara and Emma Goldman of the dance floor.Kyle Smith-New York Post
Faddish taste may be interesting for some, but for others it will devolve into the banal, as cultural history as well as entertainment.
David DeWitt-New York Times
The veil is lifted on this secret movement, one that everyone else thought was just about dancing and doing coke.
Moira MacDonald-Seattle Times
With the right group of friends and the right amount to drink it could be a rowdy good time. Without intoxicants, it's a gimmicky joke that drags on too long.
Colin Covert-Minneapolis Star Tribune
The movie feels like a flakey, off-the-cuff blog post that somehow transmogrified itself into a feature-length documentary.
Mark Olsen-Los Angeles Times
"The Secret Disco Revolution," claims that the steady "four on the floor" beat was the reason for the liberation of gays, African Americans and women. And oddly, in a blend of humorous and dead serious storytelling, director James Kastner makes his case.
Leba Hertz-San Francisco Chronicle
While there is plenty of interest in Kastner's documentary, anybody with more than a passing knowledge of the disco era will know most of it already.
Glenn Dunks-Glenn Dunks
It's a thorough but strained attempt to be provocative.
Todd Jorgenson-Cinemalogue.com
Much will be familiar, though this is the first time I've heard that the original discotheques came about in France under the Nazi Occupation.
Kent Turner-Film-Forward.com
Ripe subject, ridiculous movie.
Kelly Vance-East Bay Express
Disco scholars convincingly analyze lyrics and fashions as presenting bold expressions of sexuality and democratic hedonism, while Kastner doesn't skimp on the vintage clips, which range from unintentionally hilarious to surprisingly impressive.
Marc Mohan-Oregonian
Despite an impressive array of important interviewees...again and again, throughout the film, the narrator and unfortunate directorial choices produce a vapidity akin to that which disco was accused of by its detractors.
David Noh-Film Journal International
Actually quite valuable as a document of the era, interviewing those who stood (and boogied) on the front line, amassing an eye-opening tale of greed, lust, and burgeoning confidence.
Brian Orndorf-Blu-ray.com
Mostly, it's content to let major figures chitchat for a bit without digging any deeper into what they're saying or connecting it to anything else.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)-St. Paul Pioneer Press
It bows fully to hedonism in lieu of all the scholarly theories on disco's lasting impact-a tidy but gutless way of tying together so many disparate arguments by such disparate people.
Dean Essner-Slant Magazine
As you shimmy through the world of disco, you start to believe in its subversive nature.
Indu Chandrasekhar-Guardian [UK]
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