All That Jazz

"it's showtime, folks!" what a great line for the very troubled joe gideon (roy scheider), a thinly fictionalized characterization of director and writer bob fosse in 1979's all that jazz. i put this one on the list, i think, because it was mentioned in easy riders, raging bulls, but also because i had not seen it since the early 90s, and knew for sure that what i had seen had surely been over my head. and i was pretty much right--i must have understood the story, but perhaps had not been able to appreciate it as much. still, it's an odd film, very surrealistic, very edgy, very out there, even by 70s standards. the dance routines are excellent, and i adore ann reinking, and am particularly enchanted by erzsebet foldi, who seems to have virtually disappeared since then, only to pop up a couple of times in abt shows in the 80s. (where is she, please?) it was great to see this again, after so many years.