Cabaret

Well thank you very much to The Mirror. In today’s paper for just 45p, they included a copy of Cabaret on DVD. And since I had nothing better to do (obviously a complete lie), I sat in and watched it.
Now I’m not exactly a musical fan, but then I wouldn’t really class this as a musical. In any case, I must admit that I’ve never fully watched this film before, so I really enjoyed seeing it properly for the first time.
Whatever happened to Michael York? I last saw him in walk on parts for series 3 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. OK that link answers my question, but you know what I mean. Maybe it’s because I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Austin Powers (first film quite funny, next two were the same joke over and over again).
But back to Cabaret. This version wasn’t anamorphic, and there weren’t any extras, but you can’t really complain for 45p. The whole Nazi thing was interestinig and I’d be interested to learn what the background of those kind of clubs was really like. And I can honestly say that I though Liza Minnelli was really good in this film. I don’t especially like her as a performer, and she can certainly overact, but she was perfect in this film. A good way to spend an afternoon.