Thank you for this, Fiddler on the Roof, is my favorite film. I absolutely love musicals! I was totally shocked to find out that Hello Dolly, was not a hit. I love it, it's in my top 5 favs. We just lost Topol at the beginning of the month 3/8/23, may he rest in Peace.🌹
@belleepoque2544 Жыл бұрын
I know! I was so sad to hear
@JoseMariaLuna Жыл бұрын
“MGM’s Xanadu had met its Rosebud” You’re such a NERD, I love you
@sidjohnson1616 Жыл бұрын
To bad that this movie wasn't a big hit.i love the music in this movie.mainly that i love elo music
@williamsnyder56166 ай бұрын
MGM didn't produce ''Xanadu.'' It was a Universal film.
@Jeffreym36 Жыл бұрын
Excellent job! I remember my grandfather taking me to see "Fiddler" in one of those old movie palaces with statues and a ceiling filled with stars. It was magical. I cried like a baby at the end of act 1 and at the finale. I would love to see your take on "Jesus Christ Superstar".
@ZackPaslay Жыл бұрын
Jeff!! I don't know if you'll remember me, but you actually directed me in a production of The Wild Party back in 2011. So many happy memories flooded my brain upon seeing your name. Thank you so much for watching the video and sharing your memories of seeing Fiddler. I hope you're well! 💕
@elianaburns5690 Жыл бұрын
I second this! Please look at JCSS
@gvie7783 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and right on the money. I don’t know how old you but one of the first movies I remember seeing was The Music Man. From there I fell in love with film and musicals in particular. I well recall the huge successes and box office disappointments of the 60s, as well as the emergence of the New Hollywood. Seeing Fiddler on the Roof in 1971 with relatives brings a huge smile comes to my face. My uncle Louis was much like Tevye and his unabashed reactions watching the film was a prime example of how a movie could touch one’s soul. I don’t know how many times my aunt told him to shush. I will say one thing, whether successful financially or not, I’m glad all those films were made and around today. Whether liked or not, they show a quality of filmmaking and artistry that has been lost.
@katperson1955 Жыл бұрын
The Music Man was the first musical I can remember seeing as well!
@margaretbuckley9309 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS MOVIE ITS A CLASSIC AN AMAZING PIECE OF CINEMA LOVE THE STORY AND THE MUSIC IS JUST OUT OF THIS WORLD R I P TOPAL 🙏💙
@davegreene8588 Жыл бұрын
Topol was a great singer, actor, and man!
@John10633 Жыл бұрын
SO GLAD YOURE BACK!!!
@resnir Жыл бұрын
You 're so right in your praise of the movie (and its place in cinema), and I want to study it more closely now. I love the context you provide and how you show the interconnectedness of the musical and non-musical films surrounding it. Most of all you bring home the heroic knowing and understanding Norman Jewison possessed!
@jessicat7193 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know Fiddler was released after Dolly - what a nice send-off to the genre. Great video!
@rajaoberlin9719 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information. Fiddler on the roof is my number one favourite movie untill now. I never get bore to watch it .And the main reason I really enjoy is Tevye. Also Mr Chaim Topol really great make that character so alive.
@stardusth2o Жыл бұрын
What a terrific video and topic. Loved it!
@jello4479 Жыл бұрын
Insanely well researched video. Subbed! Hope your channel grows quickly.
@sherila483410 ай бұрын
Excellent job on covering the rich & complex context as well as the powerful details of this classic film of a uniquely beloved & perrennial musical. This should become required watching in film history coursss.
@j.a.velarde5901 Жыл бұрын
You've earned my subscription in just one video. Well done.
@karenleemallonee684 Жыл бұрын
Same here! 👏👏👏👏
@theshivers19677 күн бұрын
Thank you. Great analysis. Addendum: although the film is comparatively "muted" in its cinematography, the use of colour is arguably more naturally "heightened" (if that makes sense).
@barbmoledor132 Жыл бұрын
I love him in Fiddler.
@bruscifer Жыл бұрын
I dare say Fiddler on the Roof is not just a stand alone musical masterpiece, but creates a place as one of the greatest Cinematic masterpieces of all time. I guess you can tell I LOVE IT!!
@bakilacat1 Жыл бұрын
What a great presentation!!! Thank you!!!!
@RoberinoSERE2 ай бұрын
Babble aside, i as gentile Catholic kid with 1920s parents grew up on Musicals and this is one of the best. I love Topals performance and movie critics are erudite kill joys.
@philliptomlin1756 Жыл бұрын
Shank "New Hollywood" this movie is a total classic, brilliant!
@adamodeo9320 Жыл бұрын
Fiddler on the Roof stands done - as much as I love westside fair lady or sounds of music -Fiddler on the Roof has a heart like no other film
@WilliamBoothClibborn Жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@thetracklesspath Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@SarahDuke01 Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised Camelot was such a box office flop, it’s one of my favorite films and was beautifully made with a fantastic cast.
@tessdurberville711 Жыл бұрын
🤨Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero could not sing.....🙁...in a musical.......🤔.
@davegreene8588 Жыл бұрын
Nero actually could, but the director preferred to dub - and picked the beautiful high baritone voice of Gene Merlino, who sang Lancelot's songs on a par with Robert Goulet's legendary performances.
@MarcoAntonioNieto2 ай бұрын
Tradition! Tradition!
@juanselainez98284 ай бұрын
This film is part of my DNA.
@yanndick Жыл бұрын
So, what went wrong with PAINT YOUR WAGON (1969) ? Most of what you said about FIDDLER can apply to WAGON : real sets, realism of the cinematographic look, mix of drama and humour, modern topic (A woman with two husbands !)....etc
@nickyoude26946 ай бұрын
Fiddler on the Roof wasn't the only big successful musical movie released in 1971. It was also the year of Bedknobs & Broomsticks, which was initially conceived as a lavish Roadshow musical in the vein of Hello Dolly and Oliver! Bedknobs is even a magpie of a musical in so much as how much of its content was lifted from other musical movies prior. Willy Wonka did flop though.
@MaiRaven3 Жыл бұрын
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@williamsnyder56166 ай бұрын
I wouldn't be too rough on Rodgers and Hammerstein. Instead, think of R&H as pioneers for paving the way for the New Hollywood. Can the author of this post say ''South Pacific'' didn't confront racism as a major theme, especially with the song, ''You've Got to be Carefully Taught?'' All through,first the play and later the film, Nellie Forbush and Lt. Cable are forced to examine their souls for the ways THEY we're taught. When Dick Rodgers and Oscar Hammerrstein presented their adaptation of James Michener's book, ''Tales of the South Pacific,'' producers of the play wanted to cut ''You've Got to be Carefully Taught '' R&H said the song stayed in. I understand the enthusiasm for the demise of the Hayes Code. I was a young man back then and my desire for intellectual freedom as well as a bow to horniness was accepted with gratitude and a call to action. However, as we are also taught, let's not turn to stereotypes, for that, too, is intellectual dishonesty. Rodgers and Hammerstein we're far from a trip into bubble gum.
@Tolstoy1114 күн бұрын
Yeah, Fiddler is very much a musical in the R&H…tradition.
@Tolstoy1114 күн бұрын
The ultra Orthodox Jewish community still does arranged marriages. The key difference is that the couple has veto power. They meet once (maybe twice) and talk. If they don’t feel right it goes back to the community matchmaking system.
@katperson1955 Жыл бұрын
I LOVED Camelot! It was a flop?!
@davegreene8588 Жыл бұрын
The critics' opinions are the real flops!
@crixxxxxxxxx10 ай бұрын
Oliver! won best picture for 1968 and made $77 million against a $10 million budget.
@nickyoude269410 ай бұрын
That movie didn't have any big, budget breaking stars in it (for example producer John Wolf originally wanted Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to play Sikes and Nancy but director Carol Reed deterred him from that proposition). It was even more profitable than Funny Girl which made $58 million against a $14.5 million budget.
@vinista25611 ай бұрын
26:06 “If we look at three major movie musical releases …” … they’re all Jewish-themed? 😃
@idk-ol2it7 ай бұрын
funny enough that way of life is died nobody does that stuff anymore