Sex, Drugs, Design: Warriors of the Discotheque trailer
The place is the notorious Starck Club (so called because it was the first major project by legendary designer Philippe Starck in the US.) The Starck Club opened in Dallas in 1984, and not long after hosted the 1984 national Republican National Convention. Ironically, it was actually legal to buy MDMA aka ecstasy there, people would put it on their credit cards. The DEA stepped in and made it a category 1 drug on July 1, 1985. This, despite NOT really understanding anything about MDMA... It wouldn't be an understatement to say The Starck Club was not only ground zero for the popularization of ecstasy, the whole rave scene, but even lit the fuse for the entire Billion dollar, DJ driven, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) scene.
We celebrate the FINAL version of the award winning documentary about the legendary Starck Club. Philippe Starck's first design in the U.S. and ground zero for the entire rave/ecstasy scene. Includes ultra rare footage of the aforementioned Philippe Starck, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and footage of the club raging at it's peak, on the eve of Ecstasy becoming illegal. (Shot by a local news crew.)