2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Vonia All That Jazz (1979) Like 8 1/2, Only in form and style. Some fun dance numbers, Lovely costumes, light humor Ultimately nothing more. Confusing chaos Bob Fosse's manic descent Drinks, drugs, sex, women, Dance numbers, dream sequences, Watching this was not All That. (Tanka (短歌 tan-kah) poems are short poems that are five lines long, with the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable format. #Tanka #PoemReview

quinimdb "All That Jazz" is a strange sort of autobiographical, self-referential, kind of surreal black comedy musical and character study of sorts. If that sounds really weird, that's because it is. But as strange as the film is, it's also incredibly original, and I kind of loved it.Joe Gideon is self centered and a sex addict. He won't let anyone else love him because he hates himself. And he loves to hate himself. He's also an insane perfectionist. No scratches that. He's not just a perfectionist, no one can please him, not even himself. His goal seems to be to create something he considers perfect, but he can't help but hate everything he does. He doesn't seem to care much about his life, and the only thing he seems to think about is dance. We get a look into his mind and all we see is a lady that Joe thinks is perfect (and that we never see in his real life) and a stage. Oh, also, it becomes increasingly obvious that Joe is actually Bob Fosse, the director of this film.The film charts his sort of trip into insanity, and as he begins dieing, his life becomes more and more consumed by his dance numbers, until eventually he can't tell whats even real and what's fake. The show business and dance numbers eventually become his life, and before he can reach what he considers perfection, it cuts to his dead body.Speaking of the editing, it's absolutely fantastic throughout the whole film. It's fast and mirrors the way that the character feels, such as the morning routine. It starts with close ups of him showering, taking pills, eye drops etc... Then it cuts to a wide shot of Joe standing before he says "It's show-time, folks!". This shows how he is not truly himself until he has entered the show business, and also shows that he thinks about his life as just a show, a production. As the film progresses, it becomes harder for him to continue in his "show" and the editing reflects this. There are many clips quickly edited together of him coughing and trying to say "It's show- time" but he can't quite get it out. As well as a slow motion close up of him taking the pills, and many other fantastic editing moments, not only in this scene, but in the whole film. It connects past, present, future, memory, and fantasy with ease and it's amazing to watch.This also contains easily Roy Scheider's greatest performance. He becomes this suffering, lonely, self indulgent character and it blew me away. This film may be very strange, and as self indulgent as the main character, but its also really great and there's nothing quite like it.

AMar_rom All that Jazz is such a good film. It is about the life of an accomplished theater (stage) choreographer Joe Gideon. We see him in his professional endeavors on a day-to-day basis but also his personal life as well with his family and lovers.Gideon is a hard-working professional unforgiving to others and also to himself and is also a very gifted one and he knows it. He is not a perfect individual (he cheats his wife) but still loves her as well as his mistress. He is a man of passion and he is aware of the fact that we have a finite time (before we die) to leave our mark on this life.Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career in this film. The final song 'Bye bye Life' and choreography (10 minutes before the closing credits) that Gideon 'sees' in his bed in the hospital is captivating.

tbus-672-653424 I had never thought much of Roy Scheider till I saw this movie late one night, quite by chance. It was inspired casting on Bob Fosse's part I think, cant imagine anyone else as Joe Gideon.Although I do not usually enjoy "musicals" I do thoroughly enjoy this slightly surreal, slightly gritty movie that presents a series of colorful tableau culminating in a memorable final scene.Although the story is considered to be autobiographic the underlying study of a self destructive psyche and approach of death is intriguing, set in a back drop of modern dance and music.Probably has to find a place in my 100 favorite movies.