The Stop Button Posted by on April 24, 2020

There are few secrets in All That Jazz; the film immediately forecasts where it’s going, with clear shots of star Roy Scheider in the hospital amid the other quickly cut montage sequences. But these are flash forwards, as opposed to the present action and then we’re seeing flashback. Because we’re   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on June 20, 2018

STARDUST AND SHADOWS is currently enjoying the MAD  ABOUT MUSICALS free online course presented by Ball State University and  TCM.   In keeping with that theme, my brain went back to  the Bob Fosse Directed  film ALL THE JAZZ which perhaps will get mentioned in this course. ALL THAT JAZZ is...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on September 17, 2014

Sep 17 Posted by aaronwest ALL THAT JAZZ, BOB FOSSE, 1979 What separates All That Jazz from most musicals, is the level of honesty and authenticity. The musical numbers are all ways of expressing reality in an entertaining and artistic fashion, whether they are about the process and mechanics of...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on September 17, 2014

Sep 17 Posted by aaronwest ALL THAT JAZZ, BOB FOSSE, 1979 What separates All That Jazz from most musicals, is the level of honesty and authenticity. The musical numbers are all ways of expressing reality in an entertaining and artistic fashion, whether they are about the process and mechanics of...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on September 17, 2014

Sep 17 Posted by aaronwest ALL THAT JAZZ, BOB FOSSE, 1979 What separates All That Jazz from most musicals, is the level of honesty and authenticity. The musical numbers are all ways of expressing reality in an entertaining and artistic fashion, whether they are about the process and mechanics of...   read more