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Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse from a screenplay by Jay Presson Allen. It is based on the 1966 stage musical by Joe Masteroff (book) and the duo Kander and Ebb (music), which in turn was based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten and the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood. It stars Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Marisa…
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Certain films transcend their medium to become encapsulated symbols of specific historical moments, often through their ability to distill complex socio-political realities into digestible narratives. These works may draw from direct historical observation or emerge decades later, reshaping collective memory into a palatable form. *Cabaret* (1972), directed by Bob Fosse, is the quintessential example of this phenome…More
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The most difficult decade in movie history, for me, is the seventies. The amount of crappy movies had risen to another level, while only the absolute greatest directors managed to create something truly spectacular (read Kubrick). There were made tons of movies hailed as great art in that decade that have all but been wiped from history now. Further more, in my opinion, many of those movies that still receive high p…More