All That Jazz (DVD, 2003, WS Edition) Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer

Description: Brand New and Free Shipping in the USA The shrink wrap has some shelf wear at the top but the DVD is sealed and unopened. Bob Fosse was undoubtably a bastard and a genius. And, on top of both of those things, he was also incredible honest. Despite being a serial liar.This movie is basically his autobiography -- about the insane time when he was directing both the risky Broadway musical "Chicago" while ALSO directing Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award nominated bio-pic "Lenny" (about Lenny Bruce).Unlike most filmmakers, Fosse does not shy from his faults. In fact, he puts them centerstage. He's a bastard. He admits he is. And he doesn't try to sugar coat it. That's why this brilliant masterpiece is one of the most gut wrenchingly beautiful emotional cadavers in film history. Hell, he put his own lover in the role of herself and had her play out scenes as they happened. Word for word. No rewrites. No apologies. Just the truth. Brutal and ugly. And dazzlingly entertaining.Roy Scheider (once again) shows why he was one of the biggest movie stars of the 1970s. He plays the fictional version of Bob and holy hell does he knock it out of the park. He was robbed of the Oscar that year (he was nominated). It's a performance that stands the test of time. Filled with humor, love, pathos, revulsion, pain and magic.There isn't a false beat in the whole thing. And I once again tip my hat to Criterion - they do one helluva transfer. This looks and sounds great. Top notch. Worth every dollar. This is a desert island movie for me - and I don't even like musicals. But it's not a "musical." It's all motivated (no stupid breaking out in song in the middle of a scene). This is quite simply one of the best movies ever made.

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