The Last Resort

Name: The Last Resort
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 21, 2018
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Edna Buchanan, Ellen Sweet Moss, Gary Monroe, Kelly Reichardt, Mitchell Kaplan

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Kino Lorber Films | Release Date: December 21, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Edna Buchanan, Ellen Sweet Moss, Gary Monroe, Kelly Reichardt, Mitchell Kaplan, Stan Hughes, Susan Gladstone

Summary: Long before Art Deco was a movement and prior to the arrival of Miami Vice and MTV Spring Break, South Beach was home to the largest cluster of Jewish retirees in the country. Drawn by the small apartments, low cost of living, sunny weather, and thriving cultural life, they came by the thousands seeking refuge from the Northeast's brutalLong before Art Deco was a movement and prior to the arrival of Miami Vice and MTV Spring Break, South Beach was home to the largest cluster of Jewish retirees in the country. Drawn by the small apartments, low cost of living, sunny weather, and thriving cultural life, they came by the thousands seeking refuge from the Northeast's brutal winters. By the 1970s, these former New Yorkers had turned from seasonal visitors to year-round residents, making Miami Beach home to a population that was primarily over 70 and overwhelmingly Jewish. The Last Resort takes audiences on a journey to the iconic Miami Beach of that era through the lens of young photographers Andy Sweet and Gary Monroe. With camera in hand, they embarked on an ambitious 10-year project to document this unique chapter in the city’s history, which would soon be erased by the turbulent 1980s. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 70 min

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Paul Parcellin

Feb 26, 2019

The Last Resort could have been a slight, sunny picture postcard from Biscayne Bay. A piece of fluff that would delight our cravings for the past — whether or not we were actually around to observe that not too distant past firsthand. But instead it’s a heartfelt and jubilant love letter to a paradise found, lost, and reclaimed — Miami’s South Beach. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Jan 10, 2019

Sweet’s work is a time capsule of a bygone era, preserved in glorious, saturated technicolor. He was the master of the unexpected composition, and in that sense, The Last Resort is a fitting tribute. Read full review

Jim Slotek

Feb 7, 2019

Awash in colour and sunlight, the doc The Last Resort is both a modern cultural history of the confounding should-be-paradise that is Miami Beach, and a loving bio of a young, short-lived photographer who froze one of its moments in time. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Feb 28, 2019

In 70 short minutes, directors Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch skillfully pack their Miami Beach-centric documentary, The Last Resort, with a wealth of visual, emotional, social, cultural and historical significance. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Dec 20, 2018

The cultural transformation and re-transformation of Miami Beach (specifically its southern tip, South Beach) is a story that’s fascinating, poignant, garish and, in some ways, befuddling. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Dec 21, 2018

Presenting an evocative portrait of a now-bygone era in the city's past, The Last Resort delivers plenty of nostalgia as is spotlights the work of two photographers who captured the period with vivid immediacy. Read full review

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Bizzylorenzo70

Apr 30, 2019

Prior to the "in-crowds" and Art Deco hotels of today's Miami Beach, there was a most vibrant very senior and predominately Jewish community there. This very well told documentary centers mostly on the photographs and film clips of Gary Monroe and Andy Sweet to tell its story. At only aboutPrior to the "in-crowds" and Art Deco hotels of today's Miami Beach, there was a most vibrant very senior and predominately Jewish community there. This very well told documentary centers mostly on the photographs and film clips of Gary Monroe and Andy Sweet to tell its story. At only about 1 hr. and 10 min. in length I found it very engaging and engrossing.… Expand

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Morsugio

Feb 3, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THEY CUT THE LAST IMPACT SCENE!!! MY GOD THIS IS SO AWFUL! I was waiting to see the final impact, the destruction on a planet level etc... and they didn't make it WTF ZERO… Expand

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