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Roy Scheider makes a brave and largely successful leap out of his usual romantic lead roles to step into Gideon's dancing pumps and supplies a plausible sketch of an extravagant, self-destructive, self-loathing creative dynamo, while Jessica Lange serves as a largely allegorical Muse, one of the various women that the philandering Gideon pursues (and usually abandons). Gideon's other romantic partners include Fosse's own protégé (and a major keeper of his choreographic style since his death) Ann Reinking, whose leggy grace is seductive both "onstage" and off.
Fosse/Gideon's collision course with mortality, as well as his priapic obsession with the opposite sex, may offer insights into the libidinal core of the choreographer's dynamic, sexualised style of dance, but musical aficionados will be forgiven for fast-forwarding to cut out the self-analysis and focus on the music, period. At its best--as in the knockout opening, scored to George Benson's strutting version of "On Broadway", which fuses music, dance and dazzling camera work into a paean to Fosse's hoofer nation--All That Jazz offers a sequence of classic Fosse numbers--hard-edged, caustic and joyously physical. --Sam Sutherland
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Best Dance / Musical I ever saw!,
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This review is from: All That Jazz [1979] [DVD] (DVD)
Classic tongue in cheek musical razzmatazz of the stage musical scene. Roys classis cigarette in the shower and the musical deathbed scenes are brilliant and a pertinent anti-smoking jibe.The raunchy dance scenes are a cut above any new muscial movies. This is a classic film which so many have tried to emulate, mostly failing. It has to be seen to be believed - but you need some imagaination to see the plot; because it has a very clear message and good story line, not just an excuse to have girls dancing as in other movies. Now converted to DVD for the popular market.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Best musical / dance I ever saw,
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This review is from: All That Jazz [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Classic tongue in cheek musical razzmatazz of the stage musical scene. Roys classis cigarette in the shower and the musical deathbed scenes are brilliant and a pertinent anti-smoking jibe.The raunchy dance scenes are a cut above any new muscial movies. This is a classic film which so many have tried to emulate, mostly failing. It has to be seen to be believed - but you need some imagaination to see the plot; because it has a very clear message and good story line, not just an excuse to have girls dancing as in other movies. Needs to be converted to DVD for the popular market, but at this price the cassette is very affordable. Get it and marvel. CjW
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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nothing to beat those feet!,
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This review is from: All That Jazz [1979] [DVD] (DVD)
One of the most influential and innovative pieces ever. Required viewing for anyone serious about dance - whether as a dancer or a watcher.
I am not a dancer, but whenever I watch this, and however many times I do, I have to remember to breathe. and when it is over it lingers like all the very best musicals ...
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