New ALL THAT JAZZ: Music Edition DVD out on April 3, 2007!- Page 2

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 11:08am

I absolutely LOVED this film. I know it has tons of flaws, and it paved the way for the fast, quick editing that we see in music videos and movie-musicals now (I can't believe I can say "movie-musicals now"). However, I felt Fosse was a genius with the camera and although this film feels can at times feel like an experiment, reminiscent of his film "Sweet Charity, I thought that it succeeded in doing what Fosse wanted to do.

It is a very trippy movie and heavy at times, and long-winded, but I would never hesitate to watch it again if I see it on tv. I wish I had the money to buy this...maybe I'll just buy it anyway.

[Paulyd]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 2:25pm

I love this film,and i'll be surely picking it up. Martin Gottfriend's biography is one of the best i've read.

I've read on these boards in the past that a lot of people dont care for the movie Cabaret. In my opinion this is probably one of the best stage to film musicals ever. The fact that Fosse took out most of the original version and started form scratch is an extremely brave move that payed off in his favour.

It really was a shame that he didnt make more movies, he had a great eye for it.

I bought my copy of Star80 from Australia, which is in widescreen. Not sure why the US has been dumped with a full screen version.

[jv92]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 10:55pm

The film of Cabaret is brilliant. Honestly, the musical is quite good, but the soapy subplot with Jack Gillford and Lotte Lenya as the fruit seller and the boarding house lady gets old quickly. The best part of that whole subplot are the two wonderful numbers Lenya's character sings- So What? and What Would You Do?. If they could have worked a Lenya-esque singer into the film with a similar, if less gooey storyline and kept those two songs, or at least So What? I would have been even happier.
Fosse was a brilliant stage director and perhaps the greatest choreographer that ever worked on Broadway. (Go ahead. Shoot.) He also was a brilliant film director and in the era of the 70s and 80s, my favorite. He is one of the greats.

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 3:33am

I loved when Sofia Copolla won her Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Lost in Translation, she cited Bob Fosse as one of the people who inspired her. We all know who Bob beat for Best Director in 1972.

Posted: 4/5/07 at 3:48am

jv I doubt anyone will shoot you for your comments:P Sayign Fosse was perhaps the greatest Broadway choreographer isn't too controversial...

So anyone bought this? how good are the extras? I still am miffed that we're gettin git so soon after the earlier release but I'm a sucker for extras (and LOVE Take Off With Us which seems to be the main focus of them) so prob will succumb soon

[jv92]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 10:23am

Amazon has changed their label from "In stock" to "Ships within 6 to 11 days." Is this out yet?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 10:30am

Yup...it's available everywhere. Just checked BestBuy online and every single store within a 100 mile radius from me has it in stock.

UPDATE: just obtained it and in one simple word: SENSATIONAL! Fox did an amazing job with this new release of the film on DVD. No small detail was overlooked -- from the animated menus, to the extras. AMAZING!

Also included is a fold-out booklet insert! Remember those from the early days of DVDs? It covers ALL THAT JAZZ and it's creation in great detail. Even goes into a short bio of Bob Fosse. Fox apparently is quite proud of this film.

I've only looked at the featurette: "Portrait of a Choreographer", which covers Bob Fosse and ALL THAT JAZZ extensively. Also discussed is Bob Fosse's audition combination: "Tea for Two".

Here's a list of the names interviewed on the this one featurette alone:

Choreographer Anne Fletcher
former Fosse dancer John DeLuca
Liza Minnelli
Sandahl Berman
Rob Marshall
the film's editor, Alan Heim
Fatima Robinson
Kenny Ortega
Adam Shankman

They also speak in detail about: Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen.

Can NOT wait to watch all the other features on the disc, including watching the entire film with Alan Heim's commentary (he edited the film with Bob Fosse).

NOTE: don't throw out that first DVD release from a few years ago -- that contains that truncated audio commentary with Roy Scheider. I say truncated because he doesn't speak thru the entire film, just certain sections of the film. Also, this first DVD contains those film clips of Bob Fosse directing the opening sequence of the film, which sadly was left out of this new release.









Updated On: 4/5/07 at 10:30 AM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 12:36pm