tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059499179964866423.post5649833223341460400..comments2024-02-20T00:53:43.441-08:00Comments on Championship Celluloid: (500) Films of Empire - Day 31 - Mother & Daughter Double BillDallas Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06264864214817109882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059499179964866423.post-41610412604201140222009-10-25T04:31:14.905-07:002009-10-25T04:31:14.905-07:00I'm shocked by your marking for Cabaret! I con...I'm shocked by your marking for Cabaret! I consider it one of the best film musicals I've seen. The use of the songs keeps the whole things grounded in reality rather than the usual musical suspension of disbelief thing. <br /><br />The acting is great, the tone is very dark for a musical, and the music itself is spot-on. It may be that I first watched it directly after watching The Sound of Music (as part of a "musicals with Nazis in them" in my own little film festival a few years ago). Considering that Cabaret was only made 7 years after The Sound of Music makes the latter seem even more twee. <br /><br />It's also perhaps worth noting that Cabaret is set about 7 years BEFORE the Sound of Music, so it makes the plight of the Von Trapps (oh no, we have to leave our ridiculously fancy house and all our jewels) slightly less awful when quite a lot of other people were suffering rather more due to the Nazis. <br /><br />Anyhoo, that aside, I'd suggest you watch Cabaret again. But perhaps not for a year or so... I guess you have other things to watch for now...The Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051557270892531770noreply@blogger.com