Most of WSS was shot on studio sets, just the opening sequence was shot on location I think.
And of course Jerome Robbins choreographed it on stage and screen, and he directed and choreographed the original Fiddler.
I have not seen FG, Tom.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
Compare to West Side Story 1961 dir Wise and Robbins which I really don't care for at all
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:19 (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
rip silby dead to me 3rd apr 2019
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
Sorry deems I’ve trashed it on here before so I should’ve been dead to you sooner
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
we were willing to turn a blind eye for expediency hitherto
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
if the only thing the movie did wrong was making "Somewhere" into a sex duet I would still hate it
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
WSS is the kind of stuffed-and-mounted film of a stage musical I was talking about
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
(Spielberg will fix all)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
hard to make dancing thrilling in a movie
Nope on that.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
I'll come clean that that was a canned remark I acquired from somewhere else, I don't really have a sense of how hard or not hard it is.
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
sure it's hard, on a Kelly-Donen level
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
NYers will get to see this at Film Forum next month
http://filmforum.org/film/tevya-yiddish-cinema-6-16
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
Was just viewing the "Matchmaker" bit on Youtube last night...Odd how Jewison moved on to "Jesus Christ Superstar" (another fave of mine) directly after this one
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
Are you sure he didn’t do Rollerball in between?
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
I have a Cannonball Adderley lp of the score recorded in the mid 60s somewhere.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 07:34 (four years ago) link
Rollerball was after both
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
Watching w my daughter, first time in at least 25+ years...? Topol is so good.
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 5 April 2020 22:31 (four years ago) link
Norman Jewison (still living at 92)
... still living at 93!
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
Topol also still alive!
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 5 April 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
I wasn't sure about Topol tbh. Next year is a big one for Norman, his 10th wedding anniversary is coming up.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
... what am I talking about, it's this year, happy anniversary, Norman!
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
Topol has died at 87, with 3,500 Tevyes under his belt
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/movies/topol-dead.html
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
He endured his daughters getting married 10,500 times
― Josefa, Thursday, 9 March 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
Meanwhile, Norman Jewison will be 97 in July.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 March 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link
I think I would call Tevye the 20th century’s great tragic hero; Topol’s performance is commensurately iconic
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link