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I love this movie so much

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Those all time best films list will have The Godfather listed in one of the top 5 positions. The Godfather won 3 Oscars that included the Best Picture category. Cabaret won 8 Oscars including Best Director for Bob Fosse.You might think that back in the day that Academy voters would be elderly and conservative. They gave the top Oscars that year to a violent grandiose gangster thriller and the first X Rated musical.Cabaret adapts the stories of Christopher Isherwood with a heavy dose of the late 1960s counterculturalism and Bob Fosse's unique dancing choreography.It is set in a Hedonistic part of Germany of the 1930s. There is rampant hyperinflation, economic misery but the Kit Kat Club set in the seedy part of the city has an anything goes attitude where you can forget the troubles around you. Trouble is rising, the Nazis are growing in strength and this film shows it. Ordinary people suddenly finding their message palatable and suddenly sing nostalgic songs with the Hitler Youth.Those of the upper class who thought the Nazis will get rid of the communists realised that it was too late. Who would get rid of the Nazis. The film deals with antisemitism and the vicious thugs who beat up those who stand in their way.Micheal York plays Brian the young English middle class man who has come to Berlin to teach and meets the decadent Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli), a decadent, free spirited American would be actress whose father is a diplomat. She is somewhat needy for attention, especially if the men are wealthy.She befriends who we discover is gay and later both have an affair with a wealthy German Baron.There is also another side plot of one of Brian's student, a gigolo falling for a rich heiress who is Jewish.The central plank of the film is the cabaret numbers at the Kit Kat Club itself introduced by the Emcee (Joel Grey) who also performs the gaudy, bawdy numbers and sketches including women wrestling in mud. We get big show numbers like 'Money Makes The World Go Round' and 'Bye Bye Mein Herr' that depicts the depravity experienced by some in 1930s Berlin. A shock to Brian who finds himself sharing a urinal with a transvestite one night.However the cabaret adapts to the changing face of Germany while the Emcee makes caustic messages through the song and dance routines such as the man who has fallen in love with an ape. The cabaret is really like the chorus in a Greek play. Minnelli and Grey won Oscars for their roles which included song and dance. For Minnelli this was the star making role for her allowing her to step out of the shadows of her famous parents. Yet York gets overlooked, he brings the right amount of vulnerability to his role. It really his coming of age story and we can see that in the end as he gets on the train as a changed man.

Liza Minnelli shines as Sally Bowles in the Cabaret musical film adaptation. The musical itself was adapted from a novel and played on Broadway(NYC, US) and West End (London, UK) from 1966 to 1969. Liza was a real nightclub singer and although she carries the role and act well, she is like the character she plays, a better singer than actress. "Maybe This Time" is the best song for melody, lyrics and performance, but "Money" with Minnelli and Joel Grey also delivers. They would both win an acting Oscar for their role. Joel Grey is also delightful in "Two Ladies" with another funny choreography and fitting art direction. Director Bob Fosse, along with cinematographer, editor, sound, score and art direction won awards and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture and Screenplay but lost to The Godfather (1972) which was better in both aspects. Its 8 wins are the most ever won for a movie that did not win Best Picture.The directing succeeds in a few scenes, including the disarray of the German woman, Natalia Landauer (played by Marisa Berenson) who has been ravished and feels lust and love- She asks advise and confess to promiscuous Sally in probably the best non musical scene.The rest of the movie carries through nicely and neatly but with less flair. Cinematography does shine on occasion with some swift visuals. Colours, movements, feelings in either interior or exterior shots.A nice musical that could have benefited from slightly better source material but that transit to the screen effectively and also deals with the slow and innocuous rise of the Nazi in the background.Flirty, full of life and rich beyond its minor imperfections.

Liza Minnelli had done very few films prior to this one, but lots of television. She was definitely ready for prime time and more in this one as she is amazing in this one all the way through. Between this one and New York, New York which came later this one is no doubt Liza at the top of her game. Her Sally Bowles character is the most recreated on live stage of any role. The major surprise in this one is Joel Grey. He made his role as the Master of Ceremonies his own and he is at the top of his career here. He also had much television work before this movie and a couple of minor film roles. He is so big here that at times he dominates this film.Of the 4 writers involved only Joe Masteroff is still alive. One of the writers, John Van Druten, never saw this result of his writing a he died in 1957. All the writers should be proud of their results here on film. Director Bob Fosse's fine work with this one is very evident and he would go on to do the hit musical Chicago many years later. This is a classic now and destined to grow a more classic for the years to come.

Rarely do the masters of movie making come together with the focus and resources available to achieve greatness. They've done it here.This is a great movie.Every frame commands attention. Every facial expression, and movement that the actors make expresses what the character is thinking and saying.And the choreography! This IS Bob Fosse. In a thousand years from now, some theater major in some college on some yet to be discovered planet will watch the dancing in Cabaret and be as stunned by it as we all were the first time we saw it.Maybe only one or two other movies reach this level of perfection, and no other movie can top it.This movie is as good as it gets.Tony