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all+that+jazz | Year: 1979 Directed: - Bob Fosse Actors/Actresses: - Roy Scheider - Jessica Lange FOSSE ON FOSSE With a typically sardonic and vicious glare, Bob Fosse examines his own obsessive life as a creator/director/choreographer -- and womanizer, drinker, druggie. While this movie has its shamelessly over-the-top qualities (Jessica Lange as Death, for one), the musical sequences are so dazzling that they instantly make this move a must-see, if not must-have, for any Fosse fan. The opening, a wow-you-in-the-gut audition sequence set to On Broadway (Benson's stunning version), does more in four minutes than the film of Chorus Line does in its entire running time to convey the show biz world of Broadway. And the then-gamine Ann Reinking is on hand to literally play herself, as well as dance in that feline way. The musical number Take Off With Us is at once amusing, sparkling, sensual and spectacular, featuring an explosive ensemble of dancers. Fosse's bitter take on his own mortality may slow things down (the Lenny-inspired sequences bore into your brain) a bit, when the music is playing you are in for a revved-up treat. "They've all forgiven me!" I've been waiting for this film to hit DVD for a long time. I saw it in high school in 1979 and enjoyed the passion and energy of the movie right up to the final arresting image. I saw that the DVD wasn't completely loaded with the extras the film deserves, but I was still there to buy it immediately. I liked the Roy Scheider commentary and wished there was more. There are great clips of Scheider in character commenting during production and a series of clips of Fosse himself directing the opening "cattle call" sequence (the real "Joe Gideon" at work!). For a very surreal moment, listen to Scheider's commentary for the final death dance sequence where Fosse tells him, "They've all forgiven me!" Hopefully, as the film is rediscovered by a new generation of fans (the CHICAGO phenom has to help), a special edition that includes more of Fosse's life and background information will come out. I'll buy that one too. ALL THAT JAZZ has what so many films are missing these days: a personal vision unafraid to bare its soul. I remember Fosse took a lot of flack for his "ego" back in 1979, but the honesty and boldness of his vision remains. FOSSE ON FOSSE With a typically sardonic and vicious glare, Bob Fosse examines his own obsessive life as a creator/director/choreographer -- and womanizer, drinker, druggie. While this movie has its shamelessly over-the-top qualities (Jessica Lange as Death, for one), the musical sequences are so dazzling that they instantly make this move a must-see, if not must-have, for any Fosse fan. The opening, a wow-you-in-the-gut audition sequence set to On Broadway (Benson's stunning version), does more in four minutes than the film of Chorus Line does in its entire running time to convey the show biz world of Broadway. And the then-gamine Ann Reinking is on hand to literally play herself, as well as dance in that feline way. The musical number Take Off With Us is at once amusing, sparkling, sensual and spectacular, featuring an explosive ensemble of dancers. Fosse's bitter take on his own mortality may slow things down (the Lenny-inspired sequences bore into your brain) a bit, when the music is playing you are in for a revved-up treat. Buy All That Jazz at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on All That Jazz Search with the Priority Search Engine on All That Jazz This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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