{"id":76440,"date":"2021-09-24T10:52:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76440"},"modified":"2021-09-24T10:56:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:56:40","slug":"all-that-jazz-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76440","title":{"rendered":"All that Jazz (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I try to give you everything I can give.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-76441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster-694x1024.png 694w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster-183x270.png 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Poster.png 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAiling Broadway choreographer and director Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) receives visits from a beautiful angel of death (Jessica Lange) while overseeing the production of a musical starring his ex-wife (Leland Palmer); editing a film about a caustic comic (Cliff Gorman); visiting his adoring 12-year-old daughter (Erzsabet Foldi); sleeping with an aspiring starlet (Deborah Geffner); and disappointing his loyal mistress (Ann Reinking) by refusing to settle down with her.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob Fosse Films<\/li>\n<li>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>Death and Dying<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Lange Films<\/li>\n<li>Roy Scheider Films<\/li>\n<li>Womanizers <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that &#8220;Bob Fosse&#8217;s stylized, semi-autobiographical musical about a hopelessly overworked Broadway and movie director&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;who suffers a heart attack that should, but doesn&#8217;t really, give him a new perspective on life and death&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;starts out like a house afire, with beautifully choreographed, erotic &#8212; almost lewd &#8212; dances&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-1024x532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-128x66.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-1536x798.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica-520x270.png 520w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Air-Otica.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but &#8220;once Scheider has his attack that sends him to the hospital&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-1024x544.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-1536x816.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2-508x270.png 508w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hospital2.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;the picture deteriorates into a never-ending wave of self-indulgence&#8221; and &#8220;you really get to hate Scheider&#8217;s character.&#8221; He further adds that the &#8220;&#8216;Bye Bye, Life&#8217; finale, during which Fosse, Scheider, and company do to the Everly Brothers what TV commercial jingles do to many of our standards, is perhaps the most annoying production number in cinema history&#8221; (I disagree): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-1024x546.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-1536x819.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen-506x270.png 506w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Vereen.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary asserts that this &#8220;picture will be enjoyed most by those involved in theater or film,&#8221; which is surely true &#8212; but I think he massively undersells this uniquely crafted, one-of-a-kind musical drama. Scheider&#8217;s self-depracating, pathologically perfectionistic character is put on full display, and it&#8217;s refreshing to see his personal demons inextricably interwoven with his creative genius. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We get an unfiltered (albeit highly stylized) glimpse at the costs of being driven by your art, the sacrifices an artist makes because they don&#8217;t see any other way ahead, and the collateral damage that inevitably occurs all around them. Gideon is so creatively obsessed that even his custody time spent with his daughter centers on dancing (which, for the record, she seems to love): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-1024x545.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-1024x545.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-1536x818.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing-507x270.png 507w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Daughter-Dancing.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m increasingly convinced that brilliance of any kind &#8212; if pursued fully and relentlessly &#8212; comes at a cost. While society benefits from the fruits of genius, the individual and those in their close circle suffer. Obviously, this isn&#8217;t always the case: people make trade-offs all the time to prioritize (for instance) their spouse or kids or privacy; but how many examples do we have of generative brilliance coupled with a sane and balanced personal life? Not nearly enough. The reality is that those who seek fame and creative satisfaction often sacrifice their health by &#8212; for instance &#8212; over-relying on drugs and adrenaline to get by (as we see oh-so-clearly in this film) while wreaking emotional havoc on the people who love them and can&#8217;t quit them. Joe Gideon doesn&#8217;t get away with anything by the end &#8212; he&#8217;s all-too-mortal &#8212; but at least we know he&#8217;s had a hell of a visionary time until then.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roy Scheider as Joe Gideon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-1536x837.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Scheider2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine supporting performances<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-1024x548.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-1536x822.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Reinking3.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-1536x813.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity-510x270.png 510w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hang-Up-Fidelity.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The compelling opening &#8220;cattle call&#8221; sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-1536x813.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3-510x270.png 510w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Cattle-Call3.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Giuseppe Rotunno&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-1536x821.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death-505x270.png 505w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Death.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-1024x541.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-1536x811.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette-511x270.png 511w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/All-That-Jazz-Hallway-Silhouette.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a powerful and unusual classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078754\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/all-that-jazz-1979.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/3125\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/67084\/all-that-jazz#articles-reviews?articleId=1582920\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/12\/20\/archives\/the-screen-roy-scheider-stars-in-all-that-jazzpeter-pan-syndrome.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-MNrPeDeEE8\">Godfather of Cinema Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I try to give you everything I can give.&#8221; Synopsis: Ailing Broadway choreographer and director Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) receives visits from a beautiful angel of death (Jessica Lange) while overseeing the production of a musical starring his ex-wife (Leland Palmer); editing a film about a caustic comic (Cliff Gorman); visiting his adoring 12-year-old daughter (Erzsabet Foldi); sleeping with an aspiring starlet (Deborah Geffner); and disappointing his loyal mistress (Ann Reinking) by refusing to settle down with her. Genres, Themes,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76440\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76440"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76465,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76440\/revisions\/76465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}