All That Jazz

There are few greater injustices to audiences in the history of movies than that Bob Fosse was only able to make 5 of them before he passed away. The only good thing about this is that he never made a bad movie either. Hell, he never even made one that was less than stellar. In this Magnum Opus, it's incredible the mirror Fosse is able to hold up to his own life. He doesn't particularly care about sugar-coating anything at this point. He's just a man who sees death knocking at the door, and he's almost ready to answer it. There's an inherent need for this kind of tale to be as maximal as possible and Fosse refuses to cut corners here especially as the spiral begins towards the end. Getting to go back to this one after seeing the rest of Fosse's features, it fun to note all the references back to his previous works. He doesn't really use them as gags or easter eggs, but more of him actually letting it all hang out before he's got to open the door.