It's been a rough rough year and we could all use some joy and happiness. These two videos are just what the doctor ordered. I don't know who made them, but they are editing geniuses and I so appreciate their efforts. Both are spectacular. Set aside ten minutes and enjoy!
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Wow, that was way more than six degrees!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!
now all you have to do is publish a cheat sheet with the names of all the movies.
The townsfolk who banned dancing in Footloose are now likely on walkers or footless.
For those who are able, it’s best to follow the medical advice of The Gentrys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an5V7-va_VI
Fosse and Suzanne Charny lift me up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrZIK3gqbU
Thank you for those Ken! Two of the best examples I've ever seen...or anyone's ever seen for that matter...of great editing. To gather all those scenes and edit them together in a working order right to the beat of the music would take a lot of time and a huge amount of knowledge and skill. Whoever did these is a production wizard of the highest level. Both leave us with a feeling of exhilaration and joy.
Ken, you ever watch any of the old Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers films? Maybe 'film' is not the right word, since the plots are nonexistent and only there to fill time between the dance scenes. But those dance scenes are pretty damn amazing. They can be up to five minutes long, with intense choreography, and not a single camera cut. Makes you wonder if anyone in today's Hollywood could pull that off.
There's another one set to Uptown Funk that's also really great. I love these dance videos and I wish we'd get more musicals. There's one every few years but that seems to be it.
For anyone who enjoys the hard work of dancers and all of the disappointment that goes with it, this is a super documentary on the audition process for A Chorus Line. EVERY LITTLE STEP ... https://youtu.be/SZi3jknFwqE
Hmm, no video for me.
Fitz, the second video compilation is well documented. Click on "Youtube" in Ken's embedded video. This will let you watch it on Youtube. You can watch it in a larger size AND if you turn on subtitles (by clicking on the "cc" icon), it will show you the name of the movie where each clip is from. There is also a complete listing of them in the description.
Those were great! Thanks for posting them. Not only the editing, but I'm sure they had to play with the film speed to fit it in with the beat. I especially liked the second one that included movies not known for their dancing, like "Back to the Future III" or "Borat".
As an extra, here is a link to the Lindy Hop scene from the movie "Hellzapopin". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg0foUjMT3c It's more frantic than the ones you posted, but it is really amazing.
Terrific
Here's another good one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0lBnsnkE
Ann Miller was a helluva good looking woman in her day.
Besides Biden winning nothing has made me happier this god-awful year than the 'Footloose' video here, thanks for making me aware of it Ken!
Thanks Ken!
Please remember to remind those of us who come in on the mobile site that we have to click on "web version" to see the videos though :)
Happy holidays!
In these challenging times, I am especially thankful for the invention of celluoid and for these extraordinarily talented performers and choreographers. (Forgive me but here I go again, some day dance excerpts from "Cats" will be included in these clip compilations.)
P.S. "Guilty Pleasures" was a welcome diversion. I enjoyed it. Thanks to you, Ken, and the theatre for making it available.
Oops, that was meant to be "celluloid." Sigh.
Ken: I today saw CNN promote its 2021 documentaries, and among them is "History of Sitcom." Will you have anything to do with it?
In vaudeville — for nearly 2 decades — Buster Keaton learned to dance, and sort-of sing; he started displaying the former talent in the silent era. His croaky crooning began with his earliest talkies, and he was in musicals up to the end, with the Beach movies and Sondheim’s Forum
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Every generation thinks they are unique. Music and dance is new.
This just shows they are wrong. Music and dance beats have been around forever.
I feel better. Thank you! Look what a brilliant editor can do locked down in his/her house. That Fred Astaire fellow was not tethered to the earth. So fun. Great job! Just delicious!
As a kid, I wanted to tap dance like those cool folks in the movies. I took two lessons and loved it. Then I jumped out of a tree and broke my leg. Six weeks of traction in the hospital and a month of physical therapy ruined my tap career. I could’ve been in one of those clips.
Thanks Ken, I had never seen the second one and it was nice to catch up on the first one again...
Paul
aka PolyWogg
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