best film: Liza Minnelli’s best two films are both musicals and Bob Fosse’s 1972 effort Cabaret bests 1977’s Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York. Fosse’s film took far more Oscars (8) than The Godfather (3) in 1972, including one for Liza and one for Fosse himself.

Liza at twenty-six (26) in Cabaret – her vibrant personality leaps off the screen.
best performance: It is Cabaret one and New York, New York two again in this category for Liza. In Cabaret, Liza plays Sally Bowles – an absolute livewire. Liza’s obvious talent are abundantly evident from the outset. She is confident and her energy is contagious. This is a performance that ranks among the greatest ever in a musical.

Liza’s looks and gifts clearly resemble her mother’s: Judy Garland
stylistic innovations/traits: Liza Minnelli was a massive star in the 1970s after Cabaret (1972). Her persona and genius as a musical performer seem to a perfect fit for the Sally Bowles character. Liza is also the daughter of Vincent Minnelli and Judy Garland of course. Like her mother Garland and Liza’s contemporary Barbara Streisand, Liza was a musician, touring as much or more than she was a film actor. Liza has only had maybe fifteen (15) to sixteen (16) film credits and her archiveable filmography is not lengthy . Still, she gives one of the best film performances of the 1970s and her work in New York, New York gives her a backup performance on her resume that separates her from the one-hit wonders.

from New York, New York – and the film here, with the beautiful artifice of the production design is a nod to that Hollywood era. The narrative/content however, is very New Hollywood/Movie Brat 1970s – raw and typical of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro’s work on borderline sociopath characters with obsessive or domineering (Raging Bull) tendencies – Scorsese himself when talking about the film talks about the “artifice and truth.” The film riffs on A Star Is Born for sure. Liza’s mother, Judy Garland, is the star of the best version of A Star Is Born (not directed by her father Vincent Minnelli but George Cukor). For the “But the World Goes ‘Round” (pictured here) song, Scorsese just stands out of the way and lets Liza’s virtuosity take over.
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directors worked with: Bob Fosse (1), Martin Scorsese (1)
top five performances:
- Cabaret
- New York, New York
- Arthur
archiveable films
1972- Cabaret |
1977- New York, New York |
1981- Arthur |
Love her so much.
Hey what’s your thought on Bradley cooper will he be coming to the top 100, since he had a great decade
Also what’s your thoughts on SRK, he is quality of films is very poor, but do you think he will be entering top 100? His contribution for cinema cannot be ignored, if you want so his best work watch srk-Aditya Chopra collaboration movies(3 movies),
swades[(2004)his most subtle work],
dil se(1998),
He had a lot films in masala genre
Also he had a very poor run the last decade or so
@Zee188 – Thank you for the comment. Thank you for the recommendation on some of the SRK-Aditya Chopra movies. Cooper has had great decade- but I have not sat down yet and looked at the male actors side of things. That’s one of my next projects after finishing this list.