All that Jazz
Dir: Bob Fosse
USA, 1979, 123 minmins, DCP
Cast: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer
Celebrated choreographer and filmmaker Bob Fosse brings his own sordid story to life in toe-tapping style through the misadventures of Broadway director Joe Gideon (brilliantly portrayed by a never-better Roy Scheider). Through a blizzard of booze, pills, women, and some of the greatest show tunes of all time, this Palme d’Or winner paints a surreal yet unflinching portrait of showbiz at its most stressful, from its dizzying highs to the depths of despair. The result is a spectacular parallel and tribute to Fellini’s 8 ½ (1963).
Cannes Film Festival: Palme d’Or
Academy Awards: Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Adaptation Score
21/11 (Sat): Film talk with William Lau
K11 Art House
Tai Kwun
Chinese Subtitles
Post-screening talk
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