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I liked All That Jazz, but didn't think it was anything special. I prefer Fosse's Cabaret, I think. Haven't seen Breaking Away.
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All That Jazz is a great movie that did not make my list unfortunately. I've never seen Breaking Away.
Breaking Away was a fringe pick for me, but I ultimately did not include it. I'm surprised that it is this high though, I thought it would be lower.
I haven't seen All That Jazz.
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Not seen Breaking Away, but I saw All That Jazz quite recently. It's not my thing, however, were it not for all the music and dancing, it would've been much better. I'd have probably gotten quite into it. It's a striking looking film, though, and I can understand why some like it so much.
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Agree with HK, about All that Jazz, I enjoyed it as much as i have with any musical. Not even heard of Breaking Away.
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I have not heard of Breaking Away. I have heard of All That Jazz and it has been on my to watch list forever.
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As you can see by the numbers, this was another numerical tie. Both films received sixty-eight points, but Breaking Away was on eight lists, while All That Jazz appeared on five.
Breaking Away is the first of the movies from my own ballot to make the list. It was my number thirteen. This and one other of my beloved titles were right on the cusp as the last parade of ballots came in. The other film didn't make it, but happily Breaking Away did!
A coming-of-age story set in Bloomington, Indiana, I saw this movie when I was nine and it was an instant favorite. Thirty-five years later, and I love it even more, today. This is definitely one of those movies that when I come across it channel surfing, I can't help but watch it. Doesn't matter if there are ten minutes left or it just started, I am absolutely going to watch Breaking Away. Again.
Breaking Away was nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Yates), Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Barrie), Best Original Screenplay (Steve Tesich), and Best Music/Adapted Score. It won for the screenplay, over the competition of All That Jazz, ...And Justice for All, The China Syndrome, and Manhattan. As great as all that was, there was actually a huge snub for the film: how Paul Dooley went unnominated remains baffling to me? It made the cut of The AFI's Top Ten Sports Movies, and while I always include it among my faves in that subgenre, it is much more than that. It was all the way up at number eight on the awkwardly titled AFI's 100 Years, 100 Cheers list of the most "inspiring" films.
Anyway, I know there are plenty of MoFos who admire this film, more than just the eight of us who voted for it, but I hope those of you who somehow had missed this great flick, now give it a chance. I suspect it may become one of your favorites, too.
Breaking Away is the first of the movies from my own ballot to make the list. It was my number thirteen. This and one other of my beloved titles were right on the cusp as the last parade of ballots came in. The other film didn't make it, but happily Breaking Away did!
A coming-of-age story set in Bloomington, Indiana, I saw this movie when I was nine and it was an instant favorite. Thirty-five years later, and I love it even more, today. This is definitely one of those movies that when I come across it channel surfing, I can't help but watch it. Doesn't matter if there are ten minutes left or it just started, I am absolutely going to watch Breaking Away. Again.
Breaking Away was nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Yates), Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Barrie), Best Original Screenplay (Steve Tesich), and Best Music/Adapted Score. It won for the screenplay, over the competition of All That Jazz, ...And Justice for All, The China Syndrome, and Manhattan. As great as all that was, there was actually a huge snub for the film: how Paul Dooley went unnominated remains baffling to me? It made the cut of The AFI's Top Ten Sports Movies, and while I always include it among my faves in that subgenre, it is much more than that. It was all the way up at number eight on the awkwardly titled AFI's 100 Years, 100 Cheers list of the most "inspiring" films.
Anyway, I know there are plenty of MoFos who admire this film, more than just the eight of us who voted for it, but I hope those of you who somehow had missed this great flick, now give it a chance. I suspect it may become one of your favorites, too.
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All That Jazz was number 12 on my list! I wrote about the film in my review thread AND my top 101 thread. It's needless to say that I absolutely adore it.
So far these films of my personal list have appeared:
12. All That Jazz (1979) - #96
25. Farewell, My Lovely (1975) - 1 point
I haven't seen Breaking Away yet, but it looks pretty good.
So far these films of my personal list have appeared:
12. All That Jazz (1979) - #96
25. Farewell, My Lovely (1975) - 1 point
I haven't seen Breaking Away yet, but it looks pretty good.
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This is what I wrote bout All That Jazz in my top 101 thread, by the way, in case people are too lazy to look it up. 
Not the best piece of text I've ever written, but it gives a general idea of what the movie does for me.
54. All That Jazz (1979)
All That Jazz is one of the wildest and most provocative character studies I've ever seen. It's inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2 in the sense that it's mainly about a director/choreographer, his inner psychological troubles and his observations of life and existence in general.
Joe Gideon (played by Roy Scheider), our main character, is a chain smoking film director/choreographer who is addicted to drugs and sex and obsessed with death. The film projects his ideas and creativity on the screen making use of a bunch of fantastic and highly original musical numbers and a few surreal dream sequences containing his muse, Angelique (played by Jessica Lange).
Joe's wild lifestyle starts to keep up with him, though, and slowly he feels his health deteriorating. He feels life slipping away. He observes his past and his present situation, while starting to grasp the concept of mortality, but he is not able to change who he is or what his extreme way of living has made him become.
Despite its heavy themes, the film never goes into overly dramatical territory, though. Everything always has a darkly comic and sensational touch to it, which makes it much more entertaining to watch than pure dramas. We are still emotionally engaged with what's going on however, because of brilliantly focused cynicism and because All That Jazz, despite all the dark implications that are made throughout he movie, does have an effective and affective heart at its core, be it a very rotten and ravaged one. This all makes for a piece of art that's equally entertaining, hilarious and dramatically satisfying, which is very rare.
This wild motion picture deserves to be watched by every cinephile out there who isn't afraid of profound filmmaking. Your imagination will be tickled, your philosophical self will be provoked and you'll be entertained! This film presents show business at its most effective and self aware! What would you want more out of a movie?
Be sure to check this one out for the '70s list if you think it could be something for you!
The very last shot with that ending song is one of my favorite cynical final film moments of all time. DO NOT WATCH this when you haven't seen the whole movie yet!
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All That Jazz is one of the wildest and most provocative character studies I've ever seen. It's inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2 in the sense that it's mainly about a director/choreographer, his inner psychological troubles and his observations of life and existence in general.
Joe Gideon (played by Roy Scheider), our main character, is a chain smoking film director/choreographer who is addicted to drugs and sex and obsessed with death. The film projects his ideas and creativity on the screen making use of a bunch of fantastic and highly original musical numbers and a few surreal dream sequences containing his muse, Angelique (played by Jessica Lange).
Joe's wild lifestyle starts to keep up with him, though, and slowly he feels his health deteriorating. He feels life slipping away. He observes his past and his present situation, while starting to grasp the concept of mortality, but he is not able to change who he is or what his extreme way of living has made him become.
Despite its heavy themes, the film never goes into overly dramatical territory, though. Everything always has a darkly comic and sensational touch to it, which makes it much more entertaining to watch than pure dramas. We are still emotionally engaged with what's going on however, because of brilliantly focused cynicism and because All That Jazz, despite all the dark implications that are made throughout he movie, does have an effective and affective heart at its core, be it a very rotten and ravaged one. This all makes for a piece of art that's equally entertaining, hilarious and dramatically satisfying, which is very rare.
This wild motion picture deserves to be watched by every cinephile out there who isn't afraid of profound filmmaking. Your imagination will be tickled, your philosophical self will be provoked and you'll be entertained! This film presents show business at its most effective and self aware! What would you want more out of a movie?
Be sure to check this one out for the '70s list if you think it could be something for you!
The very last shot with that ending song is one of my favorite cynical final film moments of all time. DO NOT WATCH this when you haven't seen the whole movie yet!
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Havent seen either!
But i would like to see All That Jazz at some point, especially with the 8½ reference
But i would like to see All That Jazz at some point, especially with the 8½ reference
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Yay! ALL THAT JAZZ was my #11! Glad to see it made the list. When it first came out I was a freshman in college at CMU, having just moved to Pittsburgh. The girl across the hall in my dorm and I took a bus downtown to see it at the now-defunct Chatham Theater. We loved it so much, we took a bus several more times in the next few weeks to see it again.
I own the soundtrack on vinyl and loved nearly everything about it...although I do think Scheider should have said somewhere in the movie, "We're going to need a bigger choreography studio."
I own the soundtrack on vinyl and loved nearly everything about it...although I do think Scheider should have said somewhere in the movie, "We're going to need a bigger choreography studio."
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I liked All That Jazz, but from that director, I prefer Caberet, Lenny, and Star 80(1983). Bob Fosse films always have a great style about them. I'm not surprised it made the countdown; it was a hot watch with the members for a while.
Breaking Away is fantastic, and it's one I considered for my list. I am pleasantly surprised it made the list, as it seemed that nobody was watching it or talking about it.
Breaking Away is fantastic, and it's one I considered for my list. I am pleasantly surprised it made the list, as it seemed that nobody was watching it or talking about it.
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Well the only movie that would piss me off if it gets included is Pink Flamingos. The ranking of other movies will probably piss me off, but not their mere presence.
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All That Jazz just sneaked on to my list in the 25th spot, so one point from me. It's a good film.
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As you can see by the numbers, this was another numerical tie. Both films received sixty-eight points, but Breaking Away was on eight lists, while All That Jazz appeared on five.
Breaking Away is the first of the movies from my own ballot to make the list. It was my number thirteen. This and one other of my beloved titles were right on the cusp as the last parade of ballots came in. The other film didn't make it, but happily Breaking Away did!
A coming-of-age story set in Bloomington, Indiana, I saw this movie when I was nine and it was an instant favorite. Thirty-five years later, and I love it even more, today. This is definitely one of those movies that when I come across it channel surfing, I can't help but watch it. Doesn't matter if there are ten minutes left or it just started, I am absolutely going to watch Breaking Away. Again.
Breaking Away was nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Yates), Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Barrie), Best Original Screenplay (Steve Tesich), and Best Music/Adapted Score. It won for the screenplay, over the competition of All That Jazz, ...And Justice for All, The China Syndrome, and Manhattan. As great as all that was, there was actually a huge snub for the film: how Paul Dooley went unnominated remains baffling to me? It made the cut of The AFI's Top Ten Sports Movies, and while I always include it among my faves in that subgenre, it is much more than that.
Anyway, I know there are plenty of MoFos who admire this film, more than just the eight of us who voted for it, but I hope those of you who somehow had missed this great flick now give it a chance. I suspect it may become one of your favorites, too.
Breaking Away is the first of the movies from my own ballot to make the list. It was my number thirteen. This and one other of my beloved titles were right on the cusp as the last parade of ballots came in. The other film didn't make it, but happily Breaking Away did!
A coming-of-age story set in Bloomington, Indiana, I saw this movie when I was nine and it was an instant favorite. Thirty-five years later, and I love it even more, today. This is definitely one of those movies that when I come across it channel surfing, I can't help but watch it. Doesn't matter if there are ten minutes left or it just started, I am absolutely going to watch Breaking Away. Again.
Breaking Away was nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Yates), Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Barrie), Best Original Screenplay (Steve Tesich), and Best Music/Adapted Score. It won for the screenplay, over the competition of All That Jazz, ...And Justice for All, The China Syndrome, and Manhattan. As great as all that was, there was actually a huge snub for the film: how Paul Dooley went unnominated remains baffling to me? It made the cut of The AFI's Top Ten Sports Movies, and while I always include it among my faves in that subgenre, it is much more than that.
Anyway, I know there are plenty of MoFos who admire this film, more than just the eight of us who voted for it, but I hope those of you who somehow had missed this great flick now give it a chance. I suspect it may become one of your favorites, too.
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