12/15/2005

Top Ten Films About THEATRE/DANCE



1. Waiting For Guffman (dir: Christopher Guest, 1996)

I know, another mockumentary. But in this silly, scathing film (and all his subsequent efforts), Guest ever-so-carefully walks that fine line--not between stupid and clever, but parody and affection.

Corky St. Clair (Guest): It's a Zen thing, like how many babies fit in a tire.

2. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
3. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
4. Cabaret (Fosse, 1972)
5. Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
6. OT: Our Town (Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 2003)
7. Noises Off (Peter Bogdanovich, 1992)
8. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
9. Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu, 1959)
10. The Tango Lesson (Sally Potter, 1997)