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Right. I grew up in the eighties, and I was culturally aware that Fred Astaire was important, but he held absolutely no draw for me. My kids will certainly reco
by socialismisok 4y ago
Right. I grew up in the eighties, and I was culturally aware that Fred Astaire was important, but he held absolutely no draw for me. My kids will certainly recognize Willis but not care that he's in new material.
- WalterBright 4y agoCompare Astaire's dance movies with the awful ones they make to day, which are more a sequence of quick cut sweaty frenetic gymnastic fragments than dancing. I can almost hear the director yelling "More energy! Hit that line harder!" Astaire's movies would film the complete dance in one cut, and show his full body. His dances were about style, elegance, and complete mastery. See "Top Hat" and "The Gay Divorcee".
- mhh__ 4y ago"Climax" is a dance-horror movie entirely consisting of french dancers rather than actors. Nothing like either movie mentioned but it is real dancing by pros (and a good horror movie)
- WalterBright 4y agoAdded it to my netflix queue!
- socialismisok 4y agoOh, 100%. The man was talented! I'm just saying that as a kid or young adult I wanted to see contemporary stars.
- WalterBright 4y agoHaving read his biography, I'm not so sure he was particularly talented. He worked his ass off. Very very few people are willing to work that hard.