147. All That Jazz (1979) & Star 80 (1983)

Call It, Friendo

This week, we discuss two films from American director and choreographer Bob Fosse.

The first is All That Jazz (1979), a musical drama starring Roy Scheider. The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Fosse's manic effort to edit his film Lenny while simultaneously staging the 1975 Broadway musical Chicago.

The second is Star 80 (1983), a biographical drama film written and directed by Bob Fosse. It was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate" by Teresa Carpenter and is based on Canadian Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband Paul Snider in 1980. The film's title is taken from one of Snider's vanity license plates. The film was Fosse's final film before his death in 1987.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:05) – Fallout, Oppenheimer, Cabaret

All That Jazz (00:22:20)

Star 80 (00:54:35)

Coin toss (01:29:45)

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