“If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.” – Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night
Notice that the title of this category is not “Best Musicals”. When I see people comparing films such as 1965’s The Sound of Music to 1970’s Woodstock
It’s not just movies where this happens, though. True story – many years ago I was in a mail order music club. For about six months their catalog had a ridiculous “Black Music” section with listings for Michael Jackson, Public Enemy, Robert Johnson, and Miles Davis all grouped together. I used to wonder just how out of touch this (major music) company was to not even realize that those were four very different kinds of music that had little in common other than the skin color of the performers. For some reason they never added a “White Music” section with The Beatles, Metallica, Garth Brooks
To me, movies with music in them break down into four distinct categories: the traditional movie musical; movies that happen to be musicals (the performances are secondary to the plot); concert films; and operas (i.e. 1996’s Evita or 1964’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
I will be reviewing my choices for the best movie in each of these four categories. As I post the reviews, I will come back and post the links to them here:
Best Concert Film: Stop Making Sense
Best Opera: Chess in Concert
Best Movie That Happens to Be a Musical: Cabaret
Best Musical: Singin' in the Rain
Along with this you may want to check out my earlier category Movies with Musical Numbers for No Apparent Reason. You can find it here.
On to the reviews…
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