- Language: English, Spanish
- Subtitles: Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000MNOY0W
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #78,250 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
"Bye-Bye life. Bye-Bye happiness. Hello loneliness. I think I'm going to die.",
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This review is from: All That Jazz (Widescreen) (DVD)
XXXXX"To be on the wire is life. The rest is waiting." The above is said by the main character, Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), in this movie. This movie is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on the life and career of dance man, Bob Fosse (he was also a choreographer, director, screenwriter, and actor). Fosse directed, co-wrote, and was choreographer for this movie. We follow Gideon's (Fosse's alter ego) life where at this point in his life he starts each day with Vivaldi, Visine, Alka-Seltzer, and Dexedrine (a prescription upper). Gideon has to start each day like this because he is a chain-smoker, a womanizer who cheats on his wife, drinker, takes drugs, and is a workaholic on the road to self-destruction. This is a movie you either love or hate. For me, I found the dancing frenzied, the dialogue piercing, the photography superb, and the acting first-rate. (Actor Roy Scheider gives a brilliant performance.) This is a great-looking film with some humorous parts that sometimes is not easy to watch. There are ten song and dance numbers in this movie. Don't worry!! These pieces are integral to the movie, are short and sweet, and in a word are...fantastic. I especially enjoyed these songs (accompanied by dance): "On Broadway," "Everything Old is New Again," and "Bye-Bye Life" (part of the lyrics is given in this review's title). In 2001, the U.S. Library of Congress deemed this film "culturally significant" and thus selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. As well, this movie won four Academy Awards. Finally, the DVD itself (the one released in 2007) is perfect in picture and sound quality. It has eight extras including a "Musical Machine" (that's why this DVD is called the "Special Music Edition"). In conclusion, this is a movie like no other movie I've seen and proves that "there's no business like show business!!" (1979; 2 hr; wide screen; 20 scenes) <<Stephen Pletko, London, Ontario, Canada>> XXXXX
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Celebration of Dancing Bodies,
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This review is from: All That Jazz (Widescreen) (DVD)
ALL THAT JAZZ is a phastasmagoria of memories passing through Bob Fosse's mind as he dies of heart failure. Most of his memories are of his choreography, simply the most spectacular showcase of sexy modern dance on film. Like no other choreographer, Fosse composes his frames for the camera instead of the stage. A must-see for lovers of Terpsechore, graphic design, and photography.After her plodding performance as a warrior maiden alongside CONAN, 6-foot, statuesque Sendahl Bergman bring life to her stage in her proper profession as a stellar dancer. A producer remarks at the celebration of body beauty, "There goes the family audience." Definitely not your usual Busby musical comedy.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jazz hands!,
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This review is from: All That Jazz (DVD)
Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse wrote and directed this movie based on his own life. Fosse is represented by the character Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) and the film is a series of surreal, kaleidoscopic, frenzied vignettes which show Joe's obsession with and love for his work, his womanizing, and his drug use.Scheider gives a dazzling performance and is a talented dancer. Nominated for nine Oscars and winner of four, the movie features non-stop dancing in the energetic, sensual Fosse style, but sadly, no music from his Broadway musicals. It would be of particular interest to dancers and Broadway show fans.
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