All That Jazz
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All that work. All that glitter. All that pain. All that love. All that crazy rhythm. All that jazz.
Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theatre. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him--his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
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Am I a song and dance man? Eh,no. Is this good? Well yes it is.
Based around world renowned dancer,choreographer and showbiz behemoth Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical life story,our Bob gives us a tour-de-force of glitzy dance numbers and surreal dream sequences that sparkle like a Broadway smile. Roy Schneider stars as the theatre director and choreographer Joe Gideon gives his all in a role that must have challenged him physically as well as emotionally. Inspired by Fosse's own experiences back in 1975 when he was trying to edit his biopic of Lenny Bruce and prepare for a Broadway production of Chicago,this shows what some people go through when they can't switch off. Pushed to breaking point, his life starts to…
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I've never really been a fan of musicals, to be honest. In my eyes, they tend to be glossy, self-exposed and too ‘cutesy’ to work as a full length feature film. About a year ago, I gave Saturday Night Fever a shot due to a recommendation from a friend. Surprisingly to me, I loved it. I found it to be as entertaining and dark as it was catchy and well-choreographed. Saturday Night Fever, unlike many of the musicals I had exposed myself to previously had a premise that always kept me involved and at the centre of things. It was a dark exploration of a young soul just trying to get by.
All That Jazz is a film that I've…
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Going into this, I did'nt think I would dig this so much. It did'nt seem like something I'd usually go for nor something I could be blown away by, blown away I was! Excellent acting, especially by a phenomenal Roy Scheider. Magnificient musical songs and score. Simply stunning visuals. Such an incredible film. It's films like this that make me wish Fosse's career was'nt tragically cut short.
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Audacious, original construction with plenty of reflexivity; peering into the heart of the artist, the artistic process and the art of musical theatre and film-making. Actually, today I heard the opinion of a critic who I consider pseudo-intellectual to the point of fault, who invoked these audacious, original, reflexive qualities as what he looks for in film. To which my reaction is, if you are bored with film as an art UNLESS it is audaciously original and/or reflexive then read a book or just go out a bit more; because "hating" films that don't want to reach for the stars is uncool. I've seen specific quotes about All That Jazz that have that giddy, slightly sweaty euphoric air of "look…
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One of the most intricately and interestingly edited film I've ever seen, A lead performance by Roy Scheider that's monumental, and one of the best endings ever. Bye Bye Life.
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It is nearly impossible to wrap a review around this movie, its too big. Heck, it's too everything. Director Bob Fosse threw everything he had onto the screen. This movie was either going to be a masterpiece, or a huge flop. And it mostly works for me.
I will concede that it overstays its welcome, that it is too long, and too indulgent. I can't argue against any of that. I would say that 2-3 dance numbers could be cut completely and it would tighten up the film a bit. That being said, I'm glad this is a bit sloppy in places. Life is messy, and apparently (if one is to read this film in any kind of autobiographical sense)…
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Another brilliant film from Bob Fosse, featuring a great and complex performance from Roy Scheider. All That Jazz is an existential, musical masterwork -- and only strengthens the case that the 1970s was (and remains) the greatest decade in cinematic history.
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Really great.
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Audacious, original construction with plenty of reflexivity; peering into the heart of the artist, the artistic process and the art of musical theatre and film-making. Actually, today I heard the opinion of a critic who I consider pseudo-intellectual to the point of fault, who invoked these audacious, original, reflexive qualities as what he looks for in film. To which my reaction is, if you are bored with film as an art UNLESS it is audaciously original and/or reflexive then read a book or just go out a bit more; because "hating" films that don't want to reach for the stars is uncool. I've seen specific quotes about All That Jazz that have that giddy, slightly sweaty euphoric air of "look…
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Ambitious, uneven, felliniesque self portrait of choreographer-turned-film-director Bob Fosse, has quite a few dazzling musical numbers but an excess of self-indulgence unconvincingly clad in self denigration
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By far my favorite musical.
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How to make you actually enjoy a song about the main character dying...!
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Fosse's masterpiece is his Felliniesque reflection on his life and career. With a force of nature performance from Roy Scheider and breathless cuts in and out of reality, All That Jazz rises to the top of its genre.
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If I were to tell you about this film, you might lose patience when I say that this is the director's vision of himself as a pill-popping, boozing, vain, womanizing, self-destructive, vindictive, creep who has little use for people except when he's in the moment.
Then again, the fantasy created here is alternately delusional and beautiful. The angel of death helps the artists sort out all the past transgressions as a great, grand spectacle.
Impossible to ignore and hard to forget, this is a car wreck that simultaneously condemns and celebrates the worst instincts of a great choreographer and director. I don't know what Roy Scheider did to study the real Fosse, but it worked.
All praise goes to editor Alan Heim, who creates a narrative that could have easily collapsed under its many turns. For more reading, go here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/movies/27jazz.html
"It's showtime folks."
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Αυτός ο ρυθμός που χτυπάει είναι η καρδ-