Brilliant beyond words director-choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on himself for this deliriously imaginative, self-excoriating musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider is at the peak his powers as the chain-smoking, pill-popping, serially womanizing, workaholic Joe Gideon, Fosse's thinly-veiled alter ego, who's manic work schedule and overindulgence has jeopardized his health. Assembled with visionary editing that makes dance come alive on screen and overflowing with sublime footwork by the likes of Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen, this phantasmagoric spectacle pushes the musical genre to personal depths and virtuosic aesthetic heights. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Editing and Best Costume Design, the film's ecstatic cinematic verve demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible.

Part of the 45th Film Series.