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Review
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Autobiographical film by dancer/director Bob Fosse--
including shots of his own open-heart surgery-- portraying
driven, compulsive director and the women he uses and
abuses as he pursues some elusive goal of immortality or
perfection. Basically about how a man's work can become an
all-consuming passion which may produce those wonderful
moments of sublime beauty, but a deep personal and
professional cost. Nothing new in that, but Fosse gives it
renewed life with a touch of self-mockery and ironic
detachment the keeps things from getting maudlin. Reach
doesn't always meet grasp here, but the dance sequences are
wonderful. Fosse directed Cabaret.
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