Didn’t see this till this morning – I apologize, NAF – I guess it was because it was the last post on the page. (And because it came in the middle of the brawl between LurkMeister and anyrose ) I’m delighted to give you NY/NY (and, BTW, I’m willing to bet I’m the only person here who saw it on the big screen on original release), because I’m going to want to gush about the dancing in 7Bf7B.
Chicago 10/1 OP: LurkMeister
*Meet Me in St. Louis *10/15 OP: lissener Moulin Rouge! 11/1 OP: Sampiro New York, New York 11/15 OP: NAF1138
*Pennies from Heaven *12/1 OP: lissener Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 12/15 OP: twickster Stormy Weather 1/1 1776 1/15 OP: Sampiro
That gives us OPs for everything but Stormy Weather – I’ll PM ArchiveGuy and see if he might be available for that, since he picked the damn film in the first place.
Just out of curiosity – what do you see as the exceptions? dreads news that they are the films I added to fill out a light slate because of unavailability of previous choices
I think the Scorsese is not good, but may yield an interesting discussion (hence “provocative”). I think Moulin Rouge! is (despite a few redeeming qualities) essentially terrible–a perfect musical for people who hate the genre–but that conversation will be lively as well.
And I’ll post to the Chicago thread but want to rewatch the film first…
That’s funny, it wouldn’t have been my pick either – I’ve never even seen it.
*I like Moulin Rouge! a lot as well, although I can definitely see why it wouldn’t be to everyone’s tastes. I have friends who gave up on it within the first few minutes. Which is a shame, because I think the first few minutes aren’t really representative of the rest of the film. When we get to Moulin Rouge! week, I hope everyone will give it a fair chance even if it seems weird or irritating at first. I don’t expect that everyone who sees the whole movie will like it, but some people (myself included) who dislike some of the early scenes but enjoy the movie as a whole.
I personally can’t wait for Moulin Rouge week. I love Baz Luhrmann, think his wife is one of the most amazing Art Directors I have ever seen, love the visual everything about this movie…but I don’t think I acutally like the movie.
I’d be lying if I said I look forward to revisiting that film in particular, but I don’t think my discussion points would be as reliable (especially re: close reading) if I was merely going off a 7-year old memory. So like all the others, I’ll find time to rewatch them (though that’s just speaking for myself).
I had seen Moulin Rouge on cable once, and IIRC I wasn’t particularly imprerssed by it. But I’m thinking of adding it to my Netflix queue and giving it another chance before the discussion.
I’m not familiar with NYNY either, but I’m going to be out of town and mostly offline in mid-November, so I probably won’t be around to discuss it anyway.
I saw Moulin Rouge twice in the theater and I’ve seen in several times since. I own the movie and both soundtracks and I listen to them fairly regularly since it came out 7 years ago, and I even went to a costume party as a (pretty decent) Harry Zidler, and yet to be honest I still can’t decide whether or not I like it!
I just picked up Meet Me In St. Louis at the rental place tonight. I’ll get around to it some time this weekend (I’ve never seen this one). I look forward to posting in the thread!
Dammit, I thought I had until mid-week. I already have my Netflix allotment for the weekend. I’ll see if my neighbor with the enormous DVD collection has a copy I can borrow.
My husband willingly watched *Chicago *and Meet Me in St. Louis with me, but I don’t think he’ll sit through Moulin Rouge! again.
Inspired by the discussion of the lack of dance in Meet Me in St. Louis, it occurred to me that it might be interesting to do a set on dance-heavey films – perhaps broken down by choreographer. Here are a few names, with one or more names for each:
Busby Berkeley:* Footlight Parade, 42nd Street, Million Dollar Mermaid*
Bob Fosse: All That Jazz, Cabaret
Gene Kelly: Anchors Aweigh, Brigadoon, Singin’ in the Rain
Michael Kidd: The Band Wagon, Guys and Dolls
Kenny Ortega: Dirty Dancing, Newsies, High School Musical
Hermes Pan: *Pal Joey, Silk Stockings, Top Hat *
Jermome Robbins: West Side Story
Twyla Tharp: Hair
) I’m delighted to give you NY/NY (and, BTW, I’m willing to bet I’m the only person here who saw it on the big screen on original release), because I’m going to want to gush about the dancing in 7Bf7B.
though I hope I’m forgiven if I wait until the 2nd to actually post. 
