Cabaret (1972)

I had a crush on Liza as a kid, which is when I had last seen it. I re-watched it recently to see if I still did and, as it turns out, I kinda do but the show is just weird.It has some decent tunes and some eye candy but, seriously, it's just weird. I recommend The Birdcage over Cabaret unless there's a specific reason you're considering this.I think I'll pass on seeing this again.

Typical Bob Fosse musical settled in Berlin where have a decadent night club where the everything begin or ending,Liza Minnelli play Sally a daughter of an American diplomat who works in this club,sally think big she wants to be a star,when she re-rent his room to an English teacher Brian played by Michael York,living together starting a romance,but when Sally was involved by a rich man from the German aristocracy they were in a love triangle that spoiled the weak relationship between Sally and Brian Soon she stay pregnancy but the main problem is to known who is the real father...the interesting point of this movie is that whatever happens in real life is cover on stage at night club...very amusement!!!

Rarely do the masters of movie making come together with the focus and resources available to achieve greatness. They've done it here.This is a great movie.Every frame commands attention. Every facial expression, and movement that the actors make expresses what the character is thinking and saying.And the choreography! This IS Bob Fosse. In a thousand years from now, some theater major in some college on some yet to be discovered planet will watch the dancing in Cabaret and be as stunned by it as we all were the first time we saw it.Maybe only one or two other movies reach this level of perfection, and no other movie can top it.This movie is as good as it gets.Tony

"Cabaret" is an American movie that came out over 40 years ago, the very same year that a certain "The Godfather" was released as well. These two films dominated the year in terms of awards success with finally "The Godfather" winning Best Picture at the Academy Award, but still scoring less overall wins and with Coppola losing the Best Direction Oscar to Bob Fosse. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey won the acting categories. You can see "Cabaret" from several different perspectives: The first would be as a romantic drama. It is okay as that. I would not say that it's among the best in that genre that I have ever seen, but the romance plots work for the most time and there is actually two of them. The main plot is obviously between Sally and Brian. We see how they meet, how they argue, how they meet other people and it all amounts into Sally's pregnancy. However, I must say that I found the relationship between Wepper's and Berenson's character at least as interesting. The second approach could be in terms of a political movie and it is a huge success as that one. It has references and depth from that perspective that most political thrillers can only dream of. I may be a bit biased here as I always found the second quarter of the 20th century the most interesting era in terms of politics, but still. Then again, it's fairly different to set this apart from seeing "Cabaret" as a musical movie as almost all the songs have a bit of a political background, some more subtle, some less subtle. The highlight of this was probably "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" as it is finally depicted how unstoppable the Nazi movement had become at that point and how everybody joins in the song as well as the rise of the NSDAP. Or almost everybody as the very old man's ideals obviously differ from the modern image the party was trying to portray at that point.And finally, I would like to give a special mention to Joel Grey. He beat 3 actors from "The Godfather" and without being somehow depreciative to their performances I want to say that it's absolutely amazing that his great performance here was awarded accordingly. It may be true that we do know almost nothing about his character in terms of who he is as we only see him in his role all the time, but he created one of the most enigmatic characters in film history and his musical performances are nothing short of outstanding. The songs fit him perfectly and he is the heart and soul of the film and the time when he is on screen is the most memorable from the whole film to me. No offense to Minnelli. Every one of Grey's songs is a winner. Just like the entire movie. Thumbs up and I urge everybody with an interest in 20th century politics to not miss out on that one. Here in Berlin, it's occasionally still shown on the big screen, probably because it's set in the German capital as well. Highly recommended.