tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post397668438380817217..comments2024-03-29T04:28:54.656-05:00Comments on The Midnite Drive-In: Come to the CabaretQuiggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-43284936198908043292019-06-07T05:18:59.478-05:002019-06-07T05:18:59.478-05:00Your take on Cabaret has been on my wish list sinc...Your take on Cabaret has been on my wish list since I discovered your blog... Thanks for reading.Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-83747783135222691082019-06-07T05:17:40.302-05:002019-06-07T05:17:40.302-05:00Just The Godfather and Deliverance make this a gre...Just The Godfather and Deliverance make this a great movie year. But it also had The Cowboys, Butterflies are Free, and of course Blacula (A movie I need to get around to reviewing). Thanks for reading. Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-75793635511702149642019-06-07T05:11:21.834-05:002019-06-07T05:11:21.834-05:00I've watched Cabaret four times now. I like i...I've watched Cabaret four times now. I like it more each time. Thanks for reading.Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-3580050001243296082019-06-06T17:19:42.896-05:002019-06-06T17:19:42.896-05:00Great article on a film I love and need to write a...Great article on a film I love and need to write about. The way the music is presented, as an actual nightclub act in a disreputable gin joint, is far more gritty and realistic than any other musical. Victor Victoria uses the same motif—the songs are performed as numbers in a show rather than moving the plot forward. <br />Too bad Liza never topped herself after this role, but it is a humdinger. She was incredible when I saw her in concert several times over the years. What an aura of star quality!<br />- Chrisangelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-67006464033662416612019-06-04T17:38:41.080-05:002019-06-04T17:38:41.080-05:001972 surely was a great year in films! Great revie...1972 surely was a great year in films! Great review Quiggy! I've only seen this film once but I remember loving it. The ending is quite hard to forget!Virginie Pronovosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690434044034618183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-47648100455052523542019-06-03T21:46:17.516-05:002019-06-03T21:46:17.516-05:00I'm going to have to echo what everyone else s...I'm going to have to echo what everyone else says--I like your point about musicals where the music is a feature instead of integrated. They can seem more realistic. Very interesting point. Thanks again for joining the blogathon with this great review!Rebecca Denistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505297430024467869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-76262027432874132252019-06-02T17:44:27.762-05:002019-06-02T17:44:27.762-05:00I just got back from seeing "Rocketman"....I just got back from seeing "Rocketman". They tried every way they could to turn that into a musical. If I'd known before going in I probably would have skipped it. Thanks for reading.Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-77471494126857410492019-06-02T14:56:29.290-05:002019-06-02T14:56:29.290-05:00No, I haven't? Fosse was a crazy-genius, so I ...No, I haven't? Fosse was a crazy-genius, so I hope the TV show is as interesting as its subject matter. :)Diary of a Movie Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369840042291247030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-27418534384550392532019-06-02T13:52:10.475-05:002019-06-02T13:52:10.475-05:00Speaking of Fosse, has anybody been watching the F...Speaking of Fosse, has anybody been watching the FX mini-series "Fosse Verdon?"J-Dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761775598344163726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-4685923287499888452019-06-02T12:41:40.563-05:002019-06-02T12:41:40.563-05:00My favorite movie musical. Fosse was a genius. I t...My favorite movie musical. Fosse was a genius. I think he agreed with you about musicals being unrealistic (I myself love musicals precisely because they aren't like life). That's why he made all the songs part of the stage show. Have you seen Fosse's All That Jazz? Another musical where actors don't break into songs. Diary of a Movie Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369840042291247030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-39639188368244588032019-06-02T10:25:16.493-05:002019-06-02T10:25:16.493-05:00"I have stated on numerous occasions that I d..."I have stated on numerous occasions that I don't particularly care for musicals. The reason being that it just seems so unrealistic. It never happens in real life where somebody will stop what they are talking about and do an exposition in song instead. (At least, it never happens in the crowd I hang out with, anyway). But Cabaret and Victor/Victoria both appeal to me and there is a major reason why; in both movies the songs are just an added feature. You could take out the songs and the movie would not suffer plot-wise. Try that with West Side Story."<br /><br />Gawd...I can't tell you how many times I've said pretty much the same thing. That's why musicals about show business (1954 version of A Star Is Born is the best) tend to avoid that problem. J-Dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761775598344163726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-3624662722437074502019-06-01T13:30:49.192-05:002019-06-01T13:30:49.192-05:00It does have pizzazz. Thanks for reading.It does have pizzazz. Thanks for reading.Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722895377719228596.post-10721290853772324742019-06-01T07:45:30.636-05:002019-06-01T07:45:30.636-05:00Fosse's great theatrical sense and background ...Fosse's great theatrical sense and background working in film combined masterfully in creating the sensation film of Cabaret.<br /><br />Kander and Ebb's Cabaret works so well that it makes me marvel that it took so long (15 years) to adapt the original drama. I also marvel at the creativity of such musical geniuses.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com