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All That JazzOther

by Bob Fosse

Who uses, recommends or left All That Jazz, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Illeana Douglas
American actress, writer and director; appeared in Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), To Die For (1995) and Ghost World (2001), and wrote the memoir I Blame Dennis Hopper (2015).
loved

All That Jazz does borrow from 8½, but this is not an homage. Fosse, inspired by Fellini, created something new.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Illeana Douglas, the entry for All That Jazz.

2016-09-01·criterion.com ↗

Julia Cafritz
American guitarist and occasional singer of the New York noise scene; co-founded Pussy Galore with Jon Spencer in 1985 and formed Free Kitten with Kim Gordon in 1992.
loved

All That Jazz (1979) is a perfect film, in my book: insanely well acted, incredible art direction, great writing, beautifully shot, just a director firing on all cylinders.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Julia Cafritz, the entry for All That Jazz.

2016-03-31·criterion.com ↗

King Princess
Mikaela Straus, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Brooklyn who records as King Princess; her debut single "1950" (2018) went platinum, followed by Cheap Queen (2019) and Hold On Baby (2022).
liked

I love the Bob Fosse–Gwen Verdon lore surrounding All That Jazz.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by King Princess, the entry for All That Jazz.

2025-09-16·criterion.com ↗

Matthew Weiner
American television writer and producer; created and ran Mad Men (2007 to 2015) and was a writer and executive producer on The Sopranos.
liked

I put these two films together because Jacques Demy’s The Young Girls of Rochefort is a light and airy musical with sherbet-colored costumes and a painted town, while the other, Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, is a dark, grimy, semi-autobiographical show-business story about a man who makes musicals. These two classics remind me that music and dance can say more than any other kind of action, and that life is a stage whether you are on it or directing it.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Matthew Weiner, the entry for All That Jazz.

2015-10-29·criterion.com ↗

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