All That Jazz (1979) by Bob Fosse

Eliana and Patrick have decided to keep Cannesversations afloat by riffling through the abundance of films historically screened at the Cannes Film Festival. This week we discuss Bob Fosse and his 1979 Palme d'Or winning All that Jazz and give our take on the legacy of the unapologetically frank choreographer whose personal and professional brilliance gave us this timeless spectacle.

Resources:

• Jenai Kutcher: Bob Fosse. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2006.
• Dara Milovanovic: “The Fosse Woman. Analysis of Femininity, Aesthetics, and Corporeality.” www.eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/42587/1/Milovanovic-D.pdf
• Vincent Canby: www.nytimes.com/1979/12/20/archives/the-screen-roy-scheider-stars-in-all-that-jazzpeter-pan-syndrome.html
• Martin Gottfried: All His Jazz. The Life and Death of Bob Fosse. Da Capo Press, 2003.
• Glen O. Gabbard, Krin Gabbard: “Vicissitudes of Narcissism in the Cinematic Autobiography.” Psychoanalytic Review, Summer 1984.
• Sam Wasson: Fosse. Eamon Dolan / Mariner, 2014.
• Shlomit Aharoni Lir, Liat Ayalon: “The Ethos of the Auteur as Father of the Film Craft – on Masculinity, Creativity and the Art of Filmmaking.” Creativity Studies, 15 (1), DOI: 10.3846/cs.2022.14258.
• Alvin J. Seltzer: “All That Jazz. Bob Fosse’s Solipsistic Masterpiece.” Literature/Film Quarterly, 45 (1), 1996, pp. 99-104.

Sound:

• EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive
• Intro: Bob Fosse Interview