Fosse, a polyamourous relationship, Nazis, and spectacular stage perfromances - does it get any better than Cabaret? The clothing in this film captures the pre-war Berlin of Christopher Isherwood's imagination and experience, an era that seeemed oddly appropriate to the early seventies. While no one could doubt the influence of Liza Minelli's outfits, my attention is always turning to the costumes, literally meant to be costumes, that appear on stage. The Cabaret girls are sexy, but also grotesque, the drag is comically off-base, and the master of ceremonies looks the part of a Shakespearean clown.
Cabaret - 1972
Fosse, a polyamourous relationship, Nazis, and spectacular stage perfromances - does it get any better than Cabaret? The clothing in this film captures the pre-war Berlin of Christopher Isherwood's imagination and experience, an era that seeemed oddly appropriate to the early seventies. While no one could doubt the influence of Liza Minelli's outfits, my attention is always turning to the costumes, literally meant to be costumes, that appear on stage. The Cabaret girls are sexy, but also grotesque, the drag is comically off-base, and the master of ceremonies looks the part of a Shakespearean clown.
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