Comments on: Two Deaths, a Bob, a Blogathon, and the Rhythm of Life (Updated) http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/ It's hip to be moribund! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: bob http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/#comment-21876 bob Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:01:38 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/#comment-21876 <p>Better late than never, Michael. I don't often get comments on eight week old posts.</p> <p>I don't know. This time around I pretty much loved every minute of the film, though it's clearly the musical numbers that elevate it above a relatively ordinary , but utterly accomplished, intelligent and oddly charming, 1970s dark comedy/drama.</p> <p>Anyhow, I hope you read (and enjoy) at least some of the rest of the Fossethon.</p> Better late than never, Michael. I don’t often get comments on eight week old posts.

I don’t know. This time around I pretty much loved every minute of the film, though it’s clearly the musical numbers that elevate it above a relatively ordinary , but utterly accomplished, intelligent and oddly charming, 1970s dark comedy/drama.

Anyhow, I hope you read (and enjoy) at least some of the rest of the Fossethon.

]]> By: michael kinberg http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/#comment-21865 michael kinberg Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:13:19 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/#comment-21865 While I certainly agree with Mr. fosse's genius as director and choreographer, as a filmmaker, I believe, his is a mixed bag. By mixed, I mean, if you take, say, "Cabaret", the film he is best known for, the scenes we admire, as well as the intensity of the emotions explored, all take place in the cauldron of the Kit Kat Club, with the one exception, the park setting of the song, "Tomorrow Belongs to Me." Today, thirty-five years after its release, it is those scenes in the club that continue to resonate while the others (does anyone really remember that Marisa Berenson and Helmut Berger were in the film?) barely register at all. Having said that, he was first and foremost one of the great showmen of his generation and his films are still (with the exception of "Star 80") enormously enjoyable. While I certainly agree with Mr. fosse’s genius as director and choreographer, as a filmmaker, I believe, his is a mixed bag.

By mixed, I mean, if you take, say, “Cabaret”, the film he is best known for, the scenes we admire, as well as the intensity of the emotions explored, all take place in the cauldron of the Kit Kat Club, with the one exception, the park setting of the song, “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.”

Today, thirty-five years after its release, it is those scenes in the club that continue to resonate while the others (does anyone really remember that Marisa Berenson and Helmut Berger were in the film?) barely register at all.

Having said that, he was first and foremost one of the great showmen of his generation and his films are still (with the exception of “Star 80″) enormously enjoyable.

]]> By: artsWOM http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/#comment-17779 artsWOM Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:32:08 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/09/23/two-deaths-a-bob-a-blogathon-and-the-rhythm-of-life/#comment-17779 [...] across the blogosphere…Forward to Yesterday is preparing an almighty blogathon in honour of the late luminary, starting on Saturday, November [...] […] across the blogosphere…Forward to Yesterday is preparing an almighty blogathon in honour of the late luminary, starting on Saturday, November […]

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