All That Jazz (DVD, 2007, Special Music Edition; Gold O-Ring)

To think that this movie was released in 1979 is unbelievable, it was so far ahead of it's time. Great presentation on screen, although Fosse was first a dancer, then a choreographer and then a director. This film was between directing "Lenny" and writing "Chicago" in his career. It has pieces of both works scattered throughout the film. It was Roy Scheider's best work, and should have earned him the Best Actor Oscar that year, had it not gone to Hoffman for Kramer Vs. Kramer. His performance was just one of many great performances in this film. There is so much to Fosse's character that you don't see in the story that it's worth doing a little research to understand the relevance of all the details that fly past on screen. Watch it once, google Fosse, watch it again. It just gets better. Fosse was a brilliant and tragic figure and this film gets it all, as he rides harder and faster in everything he does, right up to the eventual self destruction. The dance number Airotica is simply over the top; great hard bodies just letting it all go. I've never seen better choreography in any movie with the exception of some of Astaire's work.