#26
Posted: 5/7/05 at 5:28pm
To answer your question YES it is worth watching. Cabaret the movie and Cabaret on stage are VERY different shows and as much as I love the movie, when I rewatched it after seeing it on stage I was disappointed.
To enjoy the film, I think you REALLY have to be ready to read between the lines. A lot is unspoken and I've watched it with people who at the end, are completely non-plussed.
And Liza? Good god, I understand that people hate her, but this role, this performance is like a hurricane. In that documentary, they talk about Laurette Taylor being so real on stage you think she wandered in off the street: That's how Liza is in this film, except she's so eccentric, so mannered, so so so LIZA that it can throw you off for a while. I think Liza has BECOME Sally Bowles in a lot of ways. It's like she played this part so well she became it.
So go watch the movie and try to forget the stage version. I would love to see someone do a new film of Cabaret. It still has a lot to say!
To enjoy the film, I think you REALLY have to be ready to read between the lines. A lot is unspoken and I've watched it with people who at the end, are completely non-plussed.
And Liza? Good god, I understand that people hate her, but this role, this performance is like a hurricane. In that documentary, they talk about Laurette Taylor being so real on stage you think she wandered in off the street: That's how Liza is in this film, except she's so eccentric, so mannered, so so so LIZA that it can throw you off for a while. I think Liza has BECOME Sally Bowles in a lot of ways. It's like she played this part so well she became it.
So go watch the movie and try to forget the stage version. I would love to see someone do a new film of Cabaret. It still has a lot to say!
