All That Jazz

7.5
Overview
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
Review (1)
jjvanrensburg (Rated: 8)
From the opening sequence of Joe Gideon auditioning hopeful young dancers, to the last, ingenious depiction of his heart attack, presented as a showbiz spectacle, this film is at times darkly fascinating and then exuberant in its depiction of a self-destructive song and dance man at the pinnacle of ...
Recommendation & Similar
The Hearse (1980)
Antigone (1992)
The Acrobat (1976)
Sinbad (1971)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Elsa the Rose (1966)
The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1963)
Lenny (1974)
Fear and Trembling (2003)
Cruising (1980)
Hardcore (1979)
Tommy (1975)
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Tess (1979)
Taking Woodstock (2009)