Word: cabareting
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...agreement, societies show films "primarily of an educational or experimental nature" and at least two years old. But the general consensus among film society members is that the limitations are a dead letter. GSD films plans to show "Slaughterhouse-Five" next year (which complies with the two-year guide "Cabaret," (which will not). And the educational" criterion is even less of a hindrance. GSD, for example, showed "Little Big Man," "Putney Swope" and "The Pawn-broker" under the general educational theme. "Social adaptation to a changing environment...
...exotic myth Black Orpheus, set in Rio. Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leive [Daybreak] is a suspenseful and symbolic psychological study of a murderer who has locked himself in an attic. It should be better known. Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel takes place in a German cabaret between the wars. It was Marlene Dietrich's first film, and as Lola the vamp she sings cabaret songs. Many people think The Grand Illusion the best film ever made; I wouldn't put it that high, but it is undoubtedly a great film. Then there are The Seventh Seal...
...major interest was the battle between the year's two big hits, Cabaret and The Godfather. Cabaret nearly made a clean sweep of the awards, including best actress (Liza Minnelli), best supporting actor (Joel Grey) and best director (Bob Fosse). All told, Cabaret picked up eight Oscars and The Godfather countered with three, including best picture and best actor...
...mortality. Hero (that's his name) is not shy about wanting to be the greatest man on earth. He takes all the lumps of an antihero, but with a redeeming gallantry devoid of self-pity. Deftly played by Jim Milton, Hero acts like a jaunty M.C. in the cabaret of his life...
...make this prologue hang together and move--they supply frequent word-echoes to help tie the situation in Parliament to the scene at the Pankhursts's, and by introducing Alf and Charlie, two Stock music-hall types, they made a valiant effort to frame the musical interludes a la Cabaret and represent the expected male chauvinist point of view. But Alf and Charlie (John McNamara and James Dudley) never use their stereotype roles effectively: their voices and characterization are hesitant, and there is barely a hint of teamwork between them...