Liza and Streisand can do no wrong..... BUT, in Liza's commentary she doesn't say much as far as her feelings, thoughts, what she was going through at the time and mostly sits mute watching WITH us which I was VERY disappointed about..... no, actually shocked. NO introspective at all. {I'm a born & bred Manhattanite, lots of friends in the business, in addition to my own demanding tastes, and my standards are very high, but THIS was not even because of that. This reached NO standards at all. Through the entire commentary you'll be waiting for her to **SAY SOMETHING**]......
As if that isn't bad enough. I wonder if SHE had control of the sound level of the production in the commentary, and was able to turn it up when not speaking and down when she was, because the show is INAUDIBLE even when she WASN'T saying anything [which was 95% of the time] so we didn't even have her performance to LISTEN to through the practically non-existent commentary except only a COUPLE of times when she or someone ''remembered'' to turn up the volume of the show. How UNPROFESSIONAL and I don't know HOW it could be released in that condition.... didn't anyone NOTICE?? Her voice level is loud enough to be heard OVER an audible level of the production which she and WE are watching so someone should have TOLD her to leave her singing at a higher volume level All she mostly contributes is a lot of ''HUP's'' and her infamous little giggles. [Perhaps a little drinky-poo during this taping? Gee, I talk MORE when having a few drinks, not less or none at all!]. The rest of the extra features were wonderful.....
Despite all this, of course the original was one of history's greatest moment's in time, and one of the GREATEST tributes and examples of the GENIUS of ''Fosse'' and also of Kander and Ebb, my favorite trio of all time, and I ain't no KID and have been around a LONG time and have seen 'em' all! Sadly these and other giant's haven't been and won't be replaced any time soon.......
When originally broadcast on TV I had the Tape of it [I think? Was that ever available on VHS, or I taped it MYSELF long ago] and also the audio cassette and couldn't get enough, and now am thrilled at the CD but what is so unique about that is SUPPOSED to be her contribution TO it, in her own words....... so don't depend on THAT. But it is something to have in your collection, nevertheless, for the mere show.......
On it you will hear that she had the only copy of this and on a whim, offered to have it re-released, [paraphrasing] she ''claims'' but who ever knows if those stories are true lol but which I found interesting on the ""Toronto Film Festival Premiere"" onstage afterwards, one of the other special features. When Liza get's STARTED talking she can't stop, which is great..... but on the Commentary she never got started.
If you've never seen this, her dancing is is a vision to behold, and better than I even remembered. I saw it on PBS recently as promotion during one of their station telethons to promote the DVD, but it wasn't in it's entirety, so this is a MUST have. Also bought it with Streisand's "The Television Specials" which is a 5 Disc Boxed set [whew!], but haven't had time to go through that yet, and also have those on VHS tape, caught here and there individually throughout the decades, and can only HOPE the commentary is respectful to our / the public's expectations, which Liza's was NOT. Wish I could tell her personally. With a life like HER'S and her Mother's AND Father's in addition to her OWN career....... she couldn't find anything to SAY for the length of Liza with a Z? Unacceptable......
Now you'll think it's MORE than you expected, because of what I'm saying...... but if seeing it cold like I did, without reading this, believe me....... it's quite a shock. She just ''wasn't with the program''. Perhaps she just thought it was a good opportunity to do her nails, but not on MY dime, please. "HUP".... schmup. Hey, Liza..... if you read this, [seeming like a person who cares how your public is actually receiving your work, and what better place to go than Amazon for that, and the ONLY place, actually ]..... give me a hollar, at Ceeahra at yahoo, [or anyone ELSE who agrees or disagrees, and wants to 'yada yada' about it]..... I have plenty more to say about that and would love to hear WHY directly from YOU! Otherwise it's GREAT and so is she... grab it.
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1972 : Année incroyable pour Liza Minnelli.
Reviewed in France on June 11, 2007