1979 · drama · musical
All That Jazz
Directed by Bob Fosse2h 3m1979
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.
Our read: All That Jazz (1979) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive drama · musical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / musical, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- signature
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