mama cass
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I agree with Edge, his 'heydey' comment. There were a lot of genuine 'classics' being made mostly by Hollywood I think. Guy and Dolls, My Fair Lady (english of course) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, West Side Story etc. Can anyone think of anymore? Loads and loads and loads, but I haven't studied musical theatre/film.
musicals as in films is a different kettle of fish altogether, because that certainly did die down for a while, but has experienced a resurgence in recent years... I lived and breathed those films as a kid, West Side Story was one of my faves, along with Hair, not to mention The Sound of Music, Carousel, anything with Doris Day or Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe, The King and I, The Wizard of Oz, Annie, early Disney especially The Jungle Book, Singing in the Rain, Cabaret, South Pacific jeesus there's loads but I'll stop lmfao ok i blushingly admit musicals provided the soundtrack to my early years *double blush* (hey and do the Elvis movies count btw? )
and if we're talking about musicals in a film context, well, I think Baz Luhrmann deserves a lot of credit for reviving the musical with his Moulin Rouge - there have been a whole load of musicals (films) following in his wake since then, some good, some terrible hehe
gah I love musicals!
aside from budget considerations (I think it's far too expensive for these times) and other concerns re. content, I am actually quite excited about the Spiderman musical - I like Julie Taymor's work usually (although I couldn't bear Across the Universe as I found it so gobsmackingly literal and shallow: girl climbs in thru the bathroom window cue "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"; Prudence locks herself in a cupboard(?) cue "Dear Prudence"?whaaaa? so much so I half feared I would see Bono dressed up in a flubber suit and tusks to do his bit! ok, I'm exaggerating a bit but I feel the Beatles songs deserved more depth than the script/direction provided, plus I also feel the songs were just too big for what felt, to me, a very weak film - perhaps the Beatles songs were just bigger than her concept)... I will be interested to see what she comes up with with an original purpose-built score by Bono and the Edge though