All That Jazz
Now, ill admit that i havent seen the entirety of this film. Just bits and pieces while i was trying to catch up for many different classes. I got the just of it, however, as well as a nice smattering of interesting visuals, dance sequences, and thematic elements.
Expecting a typical movie about the theater lifestyle and how hard it is to break in the business (or something along these lines), I was pleasantly surprised by this tale of a fractured, ego-centric, yet creative and (under the surface) remorseful theater/film director. “Roy Scheider is in this?” Never saw it coming.
I think that most of us can relate to the drawn-and-quartered feeling of trying to maintain many different projects at once, whether they be personal of professional. Scheider’s character is torn between his daughter, his ex, his current girl, his play, his film, and his booze. Much like we are torn between trying to complete or conceive god-knows-how-many projects at any given time, while trying to find maintain social relationships, romantic relationships, and whatever else we have going on.
Asides? Dreamscape narration? Comedic, yet bizarre, dance sequences about death and lamentation? OK by me. I love weird ways of telling a story (see my rave about Schizopolis) and im always looking for more.
