6070 (6070) wrote, @ 2007-05-02 00:51:00

CABARET (1972)
And as for me,
I made up my mind back in Chelsea,
When I go, I'm going like Elsie.

Start by admitting
From cradle to tomb
It isn't that long a stay.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Only a Cabaret, old chum,
And I love a Cabaret!


This musical is very different from the musicals of yesteryear like OKLAHOMA, or SINGING IN THE RAIN or WEST SIDE STORY. Cabaret seemed naughty and decadent and definitely R-Rated. The Kit Kat Club in Berlin starting in 1931, is the setting of the story. American show girl Sally Boles has big dreams of becoming a movie star and seeks out men who might be able to help her. She has no compuction at all of sleeping with anyone.

Brian is a British scholar who seeks to make his own way in Germany. He knows he is gay but nonetheless starts an ambiguous relationship with Sally whom he has fallen in love with.

The backdrop of the story and perhaps the most important are the twin elements of the musical numbers at the Kit Kat Club hosted by a very menacing appearing M.C. Also, we see the rise of the Nazi party in the background--always the background, but their ascension does affect what happens in the story. America was a very confused country in 1972. The Vietnam War still raged. Protests continued. Richard Nixon will win a second term in office. There seemed to be no light out at the end of the tunnel. America seemed to be under assault and the "bad guys" were winning.

What struck you about this film? What scenes stuck out in your mind? Why?

p.s. Here are the lyrics to the song "Cabaret". Great words... http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/cabaret/cabaret.htm

Robyann Jumaoas (Anonymous) 2007-05-03 00:22 (link)

Unlike the previous film we watched, I liked this one a lot better. There was actually a story somewhat going. I’ve heard of this movie before and I have always been curious to what it was about. First let me speak about the characters, for they’re one of the things that struck me in this film. Sally is one of a kind. She’s so social, care free, and she’s just a magnet for attention. She’s ambiguous and wants to fulfill her dreams and so she makes sure that nothing will get in the way. Now, Brian is the complete opposite of Sally. (So Brian was gay.. I just thought that he just had no luck with the ladies) Well anyways, Brian had no intention of creating a love triangle (if I should or can even call their situation that!!!) when he came to Germany. Meeting Sally was the turning point of his life. Now that M.C., well all I have to say is… uhhh.. woah. Is he gay or he’s just an extreme performer? Well, little has been said about him, but I could sense that there was something going on between him and Sally but I don’t know. Well okay, now for the rest of those “performers” were they all girls? I couldn’t really tell. -_- What I want to point out is the connection between the Kit Kat Club scenes with the rest of the movie. Like in that one scene where the M.C. has “two ladies” was almost like the relationship between Sally, Brian, and Maximillion. Only the “two ladies” were two guys. And also, the song about how “money makes the world go round” is similar to Sally’s dreams and ambition of how she wants to be a famous and rich actress. And, in sort of the beginning of the movie, the scene where the M.C. performs with the rest of the crew dressed in like…. those Netherland type of wardrobe pretending to fight one another and then at the same time it shows a man getting beat up by the Nazis. The scene that stuck out in my mind was the one of the three of them, Sally, Brian, and Maximillion all spinning around together like they were having a threesome or something. That was really weird because I didn’t really notice or pay attention to the fact that Brian was gay so that was weird… And also the revelation about how both Sally and Brian screwed Maximillion… That was just wrong. I was like what? Did I hear that right?! Really strange but funny at the same time. The other scene that stuck out to me was that of Brian and Maximillion where they attended this Nazi party and they just kept staring at each other in a love struck way. Another scene that stuck out to me was that of the young Nazi soldier singing some anthem and then all the other people started to sing. The whole time, I was just wondering why he was singing. Even though the whole situation about the Nazis was just in the background, they had some significance to the story especially at the end. Like you said, they tried to take over everything. In the beginning, there wasn’t that much Nazi in the Kit Kat Club because we saw that just one was kicked out. Then at the end, they practically flooded the place. (Reply to this) (Thread)

evettay gonzalez (Anonymous) 2007-05-03 02:13 (link)

I really liked this film. A couple of other students and I had seen a clip from this film in ms. Churchill’s class about the Nazis and how they all stand and sing a long with that young Nazi boy in the picnic. Well I want to talk about how this film was so awesome! I would actually watch this film again! I love how this film begins; it makes me feel terrified because this mad was haggard. The two main characters, Sally and Brian are complete opposites yet can’t stay away from each other. Sally is the type of girl that everyone loves to be around because she is the life of the party. She is outgoing, happy, obnoxious, not so pretty but has a nice body, and has a beautiful voice and can dance. She has the whole package. On the other hand, Sally is also a gold digger, she loves Maximillion because he has money and will get her to where she wants to be, a movie star. The other character, Brian is the shy English major that just want to live and make enough money to pay the rent. In doing so he meets Sally, this very bubbly girl who he is not to fond of at first yet begins to love her little by little even though he is gay and even gets jealous of another man who is his lover also. I really love the contrast of these characters and how they were jointed. The part of the film that is stuck in my head is when they talk about if they screwed him [Maximillion] and they both say yes! I found that part hilarious because even though they were lovers, they both had sex with the same person. Sally had a feeling he was gay and this proved it. Maximillion gave them both expensive stuff ad spent equal amount of time with them but of course its more fun when two guys do it, well for Brian, and he took his chance. The connection between Kit Kat Bar and the movie is that the bar actually elaborated and make funny what was going on in the movie and also showed a different side to what was going on. The part when she sang just showed a side to express how she was feeling. The danced and the shows all expressed what was going on in their imaginations and in the actual movie. I think that was the best part of it! I really loved this film! (Reply to this) (Thread)

Brookshield Tran (Anonymous) 2007-05-03 21:10 (link)

Overall I thought this movie was ok. The only scenes I found appealing were the singing scenes at the Kit Kat Club. The host was freaky looking and caught my attention but I couldn’t understand what he was saying at first. This was the first time that I ever saw a film that started the movie off with singing. You know why the movie was called “Cabaret” because it was mention a lot in the singing scenes, except I don’t know what a Cabaret is…At first I thought everyone at the Kit Kat Club were guys because I saw this guy put on a blonde wig, I was wrong. Sally Boles was a bold, possessive and somewhat materialistic girl that can’t be understood. In a way she is your typical American always dreaming but determine to reach their goals. They won’t let anything get in their way (like when Sally got an abortion because she didn’t want it to interfere with her career). She is a unique person because of her appearance and style which differs from many of the characters. Her unladylike actions makes her stand out from the other female characters as well, such as that Jewish lady. I did not know that Brian was gay. I expected him to be a bisexual maybe because he liked that guy named Max and he also like Sally as well. I didn’t know that a guy could fall in love with a girl. I liked the singing scenes at the Kit Kat Club because I never saw anything like it before. They do unexpected things and go all out to make things funny and fresh. The dancers looked stiff, but it made it so much more interesting to watch. These scenes to me foreshadowed and explained the movie. Like when Sally was singing about not finding the right love, that was how Sally felt before she met Brian. When she met Brian and slept with him she began to sing about finding love. Then she starts singing about money after she meets Max (this is my favorite scene). And then there was that one scene at the Kit Kat Club with a threesome representing Sally, Max, and Brian. They were all dancing together and that was weird in a way. “It takes two to tango, but three’s a crowd.” Then there was that other scene at the Kit Kat Club with the ape representing the Jew. It was ironic because the host was trying to tell people that it doesn’t matter who you love because you can’t control your love and that there isn’t a difference or characteristic that shows that a person is a Jew. Yet he is making fun of the Jews at the same time. I thought that this scene represented the love between Brian’s pupils, the Jewish girl and the German/Jewish man, who then got married. Then you see the Nazis gradually rising in power, especially in that scene where that Nazi boy was singing. You see that not everybody agree with the Nazis and those who openly defy and mistreat the Nazis are beaten and maybe even murdered. When Brian leaves Germany you see repeats of old scenes like a flashback and everything stays the same but one. The world is changing and it is not the same as the old. You see that there are more Nazis in the Kit Kat Club then before and you know that the Nazis are taking over. It was cruel how the Nazis were beating up people. That was sad when the Germans killed that Jewish girl’s dog. Poor doggy. One scene that really stood out to me and bothers me was the one where the host grabbed Sally’s boobs from behind, before he went out of the curtain. It bothered me because it was the only scene that confused me. Was it to signify that the host is holding Sally back from her dreams or was it to mark the starting of the time of confusion? I fail to see the relevance of the story of that scene for the movie, but it must signify something right? Because aren’t things that happens in the movie suppose to mean something? (Reply to this) (Thread)

angie gonzalez (Anonymous) 2007-05-03 22:11 (link)

i think cabaret was a fun film. i liked the songs, the dancing, the singing, the actors, the actresses, etc. i also thought some parts of this film were pretty funny. anyways, the scene(s) that stuck in my head the most was the kit kat club scenes. everything was so jumpy, fun, weird, that i don't know, i remember those scenes the most. the m.c. guy was pretty weird, but he what made those specific scenes interesting and fun. also, the scene where sally was being rude to one of the girls at the house. i think sally is an interesting person because shes practically perfect, has a nice body, pretty, all eyes are on her, she can sing, can dance, she can basically do it all. i agree with what evette said, saying shes a gold-digger. its like shes willing to do anything to be successful. anywho... overall, "cabaret" was a pretty cool and fun film. what really caught my eye was the music, the dancing, the costumes, etc.. all of that put a little "spice" in the film. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Bianca Guzman <3 (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 00:38 (link)

I absolutely love this movie probably because of the fact that I love musicals. I also love this movie because it wasn`t all the tragedy and romance that the musicals I`ve seen are. It had this dark, eerie sense about it, like you didn`t know what to expect next. And it was just exactly like that. First off, the scene that struck me the most was the first time Sally performed at the Kit Kat Club, right after the opening cabaret performance. The thing that amazed me the most was the dancing. The whole mechanics of how they dance and the positions and the sudden changes of position were awesome! It was so cool. =] The meaningful scene[s] that stick out in my mind were the scenes where Sally performs her songs. From the beginning, she kind of starts off like men don`t matter, it`s all about the money any way: "Money makes the world go `round." Also, how she doesn`t need a man to be happy, and she`s just having fun in life doing what she loves best. Then she goes to the song "Maybe This Time" and she`s totally in love by this song. She`s optimistic about finding the right guy [Brian] and falling in love and all that "happily ever after" mushy-gushy stuff. Toward the end, there`s the confusion about which guy she loves. She genuinely loves Brian but she loves Maximillian because he can give her the materialistic things she wants. Her songs kind of reflect her overall attitude about her situation. The whole movie gave me this creepy sensation especially the scene where the MC does his performance with the gorilla. It was all kinda cheery and funny in the beginning until he said something along the lines of "as long as he doesn`t look like a Jew" or something.. then it was like "Oh my god! They`ve got him too!" This was my thought right after that statement. It was like the Nazis had tried to brainwash everyone in the country to have a mindset like their`s and they had finally accomplished and brainwashed the MC too. The whole Nazi wave was not as strong and noticeable in the beginning. But by the middle of the movie, you see the scene where everyone eventually joines in to sing with the Nazi boys and you finally get a clear perspective on how popular their ideals were and how easily people were hypnotized by them. In the end, you see all the Nazis at the Kit Kat Club and it hits home.. They`ve accomplished what they`ve been aiming for throughout the movie. Kinda creepy.. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Cristina Marquez!! (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 00:50 (link)

Money makes the world go around The world go around The world go around Money makes the world go around It makes the world go 'round. Money Money Money…. Cutest musical number in the world… okay maybe not so cute… more like naughty and nice at the same time!!! I believe the scene I loved most in the film was when Brian, Sally, and Max danced the night away. In reality the scene lasted at most a minute or two but it had the impact of something that lasted longer. Not only were the camera angles phenomenal but the facial expression in their eyes said everything. There were no words that needed to be said to understand the scene which is exactly how it played out. We saw a love triangle that went in all directions. In one corner we had Sally who was confused between Mr. MONEY or the gay she believed turned straight. Saying the three other girls didn’t screw him right that’s a bunch a crap. Did she really believe that she could turn him hetero after one day of pleasure?? Sweetie please guys are easy but he wasn’t no guy if you know what I mean. The irony of all this is that she wasn’t really choosing between a man and a man with money it was more like two gay men but only one with money. Gold diggers!! What goes around comes around!! In the other corner we have Max the mysterious but wealthy gentleman who seems to not only attract women his way. As a married man we would all think that his only attraction would be toward women because that’s what society has lead us to believe. Its unimaginable to believe that the man you promise to be with till death do you part could end up being gay. The situation with Max is very believable because recently on the news there was the big scandal about the gay and married Governor. Homosexuality exists today and I’m sure it existed centuries ago as well. When Max is filmed looking at Sally as the audience was like oh god just screw her already but then he looked at Brian and people are shocked which is a natural reaction. Last but not least we have Brian in the last and final corner of the triangle who at first seemed jealous to see Sally with Max but then we are struck with confusion. Who was he jealous of??? Was he jealous to see the girl he supposedly loved be with another man or was it that he wanted to be on that man??? He had a serious crisis at that moment of dancing with them because his attraction for men was still there. This scene proved to me that Sally’s sex was no miracle it was more like an orgasm. She may have the power to make him look in a women’s way more often but for him to look at men that’s a hard one. What I loved about him was that even though he was bisexual he was willing to put all of that aside and settle down with Sally and the baby who might have not been his. His gestures seemed truly sincere and appreciative. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Katherine Atehortua (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 00:51 (link)

This film was pretty good. At first i really coudnt understand what the m.c guy was saying. the dances and costumes in the film were pretty great. Sally caught my eye from the very beginning. She was determine to become a movie star no matter what it took. If she had to sleep with old,fat,rich guys to reach her goals then she was down to do it and it didnt even matter to her. Drinking and smoking was a daily habit of hers. i really liked the way she talked. She had a dirty mouth and didnt care. Like when they were at the jewish ladys house and she was trying to explain sexto her. it was very funny. i liked how she was so blunt about everything. i knew she was not going to keep the baby. It would have ruined all her plans, she was not going to give up partying and dancing for no damn baby. At first i thought brian was a little gay but when he has sex with sally, i was like okay hes not gay but i was wrong. i thought they would have had a 3some and thats all. i didnt think brian was going to have sex with that guy alone. the scenes that stuck out the most where the dances at the cabaret. They money one was my favorite. Money makes the world go round. The dance was so good.Sally and the m.c guy really did a great job on that one. They did that scene at the most perfect timeing because sally was messing around with that really rich guy. She was loving that lifestyle!! Eating cavior, driking wines, and wearing that fur jacket. Another scene that i liked was when sally first tried to seduce brian and saidsomthing like dont you like my sext body. She brough the music thing it was just cute. A scene that struck me was when the boys went to the jewish lady's house and wrote something on the floor and killed her dog. that was sad but thats when i realized that the nazis were going to takeover. it was really sweet how the guy came out and told her he was jewish and didnt care if his friends threw him into the streets. He picked love over how people saw him. And the scene that tied tot his was when the mc danced with the monkey because the monkey was suppose to be a jew. well i really liked this movie and all its singing and dancing. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Davis Tran (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 01:29 (link)

Over all, I thought the film was not that interesting. What struck me the most about the film is that Brain is gay and he’s having a relationship with a women. Not only were they a couple, but Sally had a child with Brain. I think that Brain did love and had feeling for Sally in the beginning of the film. Brain showed jealousy at some point in the film when Max was “hanging out” with Sally. One scene that Brain showed jealousy is when Max bought sally a fur coat. Max then talked to Sally and wanted to give Brain a golden cigarette case as a gift. But Brain rejected it. Then toward the end of the film Brain feeling for Sally started to disappear. He started to ignore her and didn’t talk to her as much as he did in the beginning and the middle of the film. One scene that stuck out in my mind is all the show that Sally, the host of the show and the others performed on stage in the Kit Kat Club. All their body movements and posture were weird and unusual. It may be unique to other people, but it’s nasty to me. They had to be flexible in order to do some of the weird movements. In the performance there’s one guy that always dress up as a female. To me that’s just plain disgusting. In my opinion I thought that Sally was a good singer and performer. I liked her, her personality and traits. The weirdest guy in the Kit Kat Club was the host of the Kit Kat Club. He dressed up like a clown and acts strangely. He don’t care what other people think of him, all he wanted to do is make people laugh and entertain them. In my opinion I think that all the performers appearance are scary. Not only did the performers wear a lot of make-up, but their face expression was straight and serious. They had no delightful expression. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Luis Tamayo (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 01:31 (link)

This film places five in the American Film Institute's list of best musicals, so immediately knew it would be a good one. It was compelling to find out how music always has a place in society, be it underground clubs or cabaret theatres. The provocative nature of this film also caught my attention, which makes up what cabaret is all about. You have Sally the overly promiscuous dancer who’s living the time of her life, and then she meets Brian and you immediately know they are complete opposites. These two characters help the other find themselves, because they teach other new experiences. As the audience you immediately felt that Brian was gay, and as the story progress you got ever it, then at the end he comes out with the “shocking” news. It was weird watching how this man lied to Sally and went on with it without telling her. I was also confused at first not knowing whether or not the girls dancing were men at first. The parts of the movie that stuck out were the performances at the Kit Kat Club, which I think brought in a naughty crowd. Most of the guest there at the club looked like older men that wanted a bit of excitement and what not. In other words the cabaret theatre in Germany would probably be equivalent of a “strip club” in our time. The scene that probably struck out in my mind would have to be when the Nazis are beating up on the old man, outside of the theatre. You automatically have a sense of discomfort in watch that even if it is fiction, the fact that Nazis felt t hat had the right to push whoever they wanted around. You also got a glimpse of what anti-Semitism was growing at the time even before the “rise of Hitler”. The theatre was a place to go and hide and forget everything, except that no longer could happen because you have the Nazis there now. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Cilla!! (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 01:37 (link)

Like Tina was saying "Money makes the world go round". That was also my favorite song in the movie, and I believe it was a big theme in the movie besides homosexuality and the holocaust. What I really liked about this movie was how the main characters in the movie (Sally, Brian, and Maximillion) mostly worried about what was going on with their lives instead of what was happening to the world. For some reason this movie reminded me of "Y Tu Mama Tambien" because of the whole concept that the actors were more concerned with what was going on with them and never seemed to open their eyes to how messed up their country was. Like many people said, the scene that most caught my mind was the part where Sally and Brian both confessed to each other that they slept with Maxamillion. Maxamillion played a really confusing role throughout the whole movie. What did he really want? He was the rich man who got whatever he wanted except for the girl he wanted to marry, and finally in the end.. he marries her. Sally was that character who only wanted to have fun and likes to be the center of attention. To me, she seemed very ignorant and the main thing she only cared about herself and her career. Brian seemed the mellow character in the movie and would just go with the flow throughout the whole movie. What ever happened to him, he really didn't seem to care, as long as he had a place to live and a little action for himself. Even though at some parts he showed some jealousy towards Sally and Max, he didn't really make it a big deal.. Another scene that got a little bit of my attention was the part where the young nazi boy was singing and out of nowhere everyone else sang a long. It was kind of scary because everyone knew the words to it and were so serious, they pretty much looked like robots. The Nazi's were taking control little by little and the kit kat bar would portray the Nazis and the other issues that was going on in their society. The cabaret was the happy place of Germany, and outside in the world everything was chaos. overall, this movie was really good. It had everything: music, love, death, lust, money, and dancing. What more can you ask for? :] (Reply to this) (Thread)

crystal yescas (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 01:41 (link)

carbaret seemed very provocative and it kind of surpised me that it was rated PG. a sexy film like this, i feel, could possibly be pg-13, but i guess it wasn't because it wasn't all about sex and seduction but also about the beauty of life and the ugly of ignorance. throughout the movie the rise of the nazis was subtle and max felt that they could be controlled, underestimating the power of thier propaganda and once at the beer garden with brian, his htoughts about it changed, as he witnesses, first hand, youth singing "tomorrow belongs to me" promoting and urging the nazi party to move forward toward the future. i really loved how the film ended, with the MC singing that at the cabaret, everyone is beautiful and as he exits, the shot slowly starts to focus on the reflection of the men sitting in the front row with their nazi-party armbands, revealing the rise of that particular polictical party. when the mc exits, the aniticipation is built up as the camera faollws across the wall, insinuating a "suprise" reappearance, but as the camera slows and focuses more clearly, the idea that now that the nazi party is rising, life is no longer a cabaret and the beauty of the cabaret will no longer continue. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Patricia Silva (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 01:56 (link)

The musical scenes in the Kit Kat Club really stuck in my mind. Except for the first musical scene they all mostly summarized what was going on in the movie. They took the main points in the moive and emphasized them. The M.C. was a creepy guy who on staged appeared to be goofy and playful but you were also able to see that backstage he seemed to be a dark cloud over everybody. The only musical scene that wasn't in the Kit Kat Club, was in my opioion the most powerful musical scene. The Nazi rising was put in the side lines in this movie but you occasionally caught glimpses of what was happening. One of those glimpses was the one where the young Nazis were out singing about the Nazi movement. What was really powerful to me about this scene was how people all around started to sing along when before in the film it was seen how the Nazis were still not excepted. The ending of the movie also stuck out in my mind. It kind of freaked me out to see the distorted reflections of all those Nazis sitting in the club when in the beginning of the movie one Nazi had been kicked out. Seeing the Nazi movement rising from the sidelines made it have more of an impact in the end because although it is something that is the back of your mind throughout the film it still seemed unexpected to me. Part of the reason that the Nazi ending was shocking to me was that most of my attention is caught with Sally, Brain, and their conflicts. Brain's confusion over his sexuality fit in perfectly with the mood of the movie and some of the scenes that stuck with me the most where the ones where his sexuality came into question. The scene where they are all dancing together seemed so intimate and full of passion but it also gave me a vibe of being care free. It seemed to go on forever as if each of them lost track of time. Then of course the scene where Sally and Brain both admit that they screwed Maximillian was also very memorable. It was funny to me as part of the audience but was also full of confusion for both Sally and Brain. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Shivani Narayan (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 02:46 (link)

I like this movie a lot and I had a great time watching it. This movie was very interesting. I really love the musicals in this movie. Their hilarious but they also deal with the things that are going on in Brian’s, Sally’s life. I like the song money makes the world go around, it is very catchy. At some points I couldn’t really understand what the lyric of the first song was until I read it. This movie was funny at some points but at some it was kind of gruesome. I liked this movie because it had some weird relationships. The characters in this movie are very weird. I was in total shock when I found out that Brian and Max were bisexual. I knew that he had feelings for Sally because he was jealous when she was around Max and other men. I knew that Max intentions weren’t good because what person would actually buy lots of things for a woman that he hardly knows. My doubt came true when Sally told Brian that Max likes buying things. I don’t think that some people do things that won’t benefit them. All Max wanted to do was sleep with her and then we find out that he’s been sleeping with Brian. I really didn’t think that Brian would turn out that way. But you can tell that he loved Sally a lot. I kind of don’t like Sally’s personality. In the beginning she seemed jealous when that Jewish lady was talking to Brian but if she really liked him she shouldn’t have slept with any other guy. She had a choice to be with the person that she loved or to the person who had money but at the end the guy with the money left her but Brian was still there. I was surprised that Brian wanted to marry her, even though she was pregnant. I couldn’t believe that Sally didn’t know whose baby that was. You hardly see a guy that is willing to marry a girl who’s pregnant and doesn’t know who the father of the baby is. The guy that sings the song, the one that wears make-up is very creepy. I think at one scene he had dressed up like a women, that was just too much. He was acting out what was going on in Sally’s and Brian’s life. They were trying to make the audience laugh and it had worked until the last part of the movie. Their expressions while performing was funny. I was really surprised when the Nazis had beaten up Brian. I felt sorry for him. Also in the beginning when those boys were beating up that man. That was so sad I don’t think he deserved it. At the end I was surprised that the Kit Kat Club was filled with the Nazi’s. I didn’t expect that to happen. I had seen the part where the Nazi boy sings the song as the restaurant place in Mrs. Churchill’s class last year but I didn’t know that it was from this movie. When I first watched that scene I was surprised that the people there had all stand up and sang along with the boy. I was thinking why everyone would stand up and sing and when I saw that the boy was with the Nazi’s I kina understood then. I felt sorry for the Jewish girl because those guys had put the dead dog in front of her door. That’s was disgusting. (Reply to this) (Thread)

MoNiiKaY ZaVaLa (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 03:07 (link)

awww this musical was soo cute! i like how part of the musical had to do with the Nazi's, but it was the beginning of their rise to power, so it wasn't too hardcore and depressing for me. I looooove the "money makes the world go 'round"! that was my absolute favorite number. it was just so cute. I think these musical numbers were so creatively done and strategically placed throughout the movie. it all tied in to the scenes very well. I thought it was rather gross how the men were dressed as women and performed all sexy. sorry but hairy armpits and chesthair kill the look to me! i felt bad for brian, because i think he only had a relationship with sally because he was so lonely in berlin. for some reason, i was convinced that he wasnt gay anymore, and that sally "turned him straight" in a way. but obviously not, when they both confessed to eachother that they had slept with that rich man, Max. I had a feeling that they were both going to "screw" the guy, since they both seemed to be infatuated with him. however, at the end, does brian leave sally when she's still pregnant, or does she end up getting an abortion since she goes back to performing on stage once again? i felt bad for her, because having the baby would totally get in the way of her dream of becoming an actress. So im still a little confused as to what happened to the pregnancy. I thought it was so amazing how brian's friend decided to confess that he was a Jew, just so that he would be able to marry the woman he loved. i thought it was so sweet, until you said that he was basically signing his death warrant leibner, which made me think twice about the wedding. He was well aware that being a Jew would lead to his demise a few years later because of the rising Nazi party, but he was willing to lay it all on the table, just for a few years of happiness with his future wife. if that's not love, then i dont know what is. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Mariay David (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 04:02 (link)

Singing ,dancing, sex, love drama what more could I ask for in a film . I truely and honestly absolutley loved this film. I've seen clips of this movie previously but never actually watched the entire movie all the way through, and now that I have I can't stop it from playing over and over in my head. I loved Liza Minnelli's singing and especially her dancing moves (WOW!). I loved the caberet hall with all the vibrant and beautiful colors and dancers, the host was especially entertaining with his dance numbers hilarious jokes. But what stuck out in my mind the most would probably be the closing sequence of the movie when Brian and Sally are at the train station and saying their goodbyes. I was expecting some romantic and tear filled good bye where one dramatically yells out the others name and they watch each other fade into the distance. Instead both Sally and Brian barely exchange words, they take one last and final look at each other and Sally walks away without so much as glance back as she non chalantly waves good bye. The scene left me with such a meloncholy feeling, after all they had been through together it ended with a simple wave good bye. Sally went back to the caberet as if nothing had ever changed. Things ended almost exactly the same way it had begun, as if everything that we as the audience saw occur never even existed. BTW: *Which brung me to the thought of how the caberet hall was used to reflect on life, not only sally's life, but brian's life, Max's life, the life of Berlin in general. Through dancing and singing they reflected on the lives of the main characters and even reflected on the what would the beginning of one the bloodiest and horriffic tragedies ever recorded in history....The Holocaust. * (Reply to this) (Thread)

monica brooke (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 11:03 (link)

I liked this film alot better than the last one. This movie actually had a plot! Anyways, this movie was a good musical,even if it was prostitutes singing. I could really sympathize with Sally and Brian. Sally wanted to get out of her current,uh, profession i guess you could call it. Brian was lying to himself about his sexuality,like many young men do today.The scene i like was when they realized they both slept with that rich guy. They know they've done wrong.This movie was very good and i'd love to see it again (Reply to this) (Thread)

Richard Rodriguez (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 12:44 (link)

This movie was very intresting and i think it was surprising at times. The part of the movie that stuck to me was themusical scenes because it was ending a message toits viewers. A particular scene was the musical scene when they were singing about money makes the world go around. I found it to be so true because there are people who are corrupt and their power and dirty money do make the world revolve. Another part that struck me was the way they were making fun of the Nazi party. It was crazy how in the beggining we see a nazi getting kicked out of the club but in the end we see how they start to take over the club. Hahaha it was funny how Brian and Sally have an arguement and brian finnaly comes out of the closet. I wasnt expecting Brian to be a homosexual, he had hidden it well through out the movie. This was a love story that had diffrent twist and turns compared to common love story and it was cool to see a difference. The lyrics to the song are crazy. Ive never read any lyrics like those."Well, thats what comes from to much pills and liquor." Words like these is what sometime gives a movie or song that sizzling kick .If the song was based on a true story it was amazing how he describes his life in Chelsea. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Diana Munoz (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 13:03 (link)

I loved this film. I always thought that musicals, or moviess with a lot of music were really boring and annoying and i wished they would just shut up, but i really really liked this film. I loved the scene when Liza Minelli sings for the first time, because at first it seems that Brian is starting to like her, and that he wanted to sleep with her or something, i thought it was going to be the typical love story. Then, I thought he was gay, but then he slept with her so I was like WTH! The other scene that really stuck in my head is when the women, or men, were singing and dancing and then they just all put on their nazi hats, i think it was symbolic of how before people used to be one way, but then they will all have to conform. The other scene that stuck in my head, the one that stuck the most, was the one when they said that they were both screwing the rich guy. Now my theory was confirm about how he was gay, and then it struck me how completly ok they were with each other infidelity. I think that id there was only one of them cheating on each other it would not have ended happily, well, like the way it did. The ending was good, i liked how it all worked out. (Reply to this) (Thread)

a lozano (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 13:05 (link)

I loved this movie. It was happy and cheerful. The music was wonderful, and catchy, with beautiful costumes even though they were men. Some actually looked like women. I loved the scene where both Brian and Sally find out they did the same guy. It was so hilarious because they thought they were sneaky and got action. I thought it was sad that Sally got an abortion but i feel sympathy for her because Brain didn't seem so energitic about it afterward. I liked the songs they were deep but cool. i liked how when Sally was thinking asbout what she should do with that rich guy they had a musical about money. That song was so tight. It was wierd with the Nazis in it because whenever they were around the movie got depressing. i guess it was good to have the nazis in there so we could see the influence the nazi had on the people during that time. I didn't like that rich guy he just played both of them they were just objects to him. Sally had a very experienced life, very carefree. She knew the buisness. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Julie-Ann Dela Cruz (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 13:30 (link)

okay.. first off i dislike musicals. dont ask i just do but this one was "okay". i liked how they didnt jump around and sing a lot. i thought sally had an amazing charater how they portrayed her and her stand out features.. the dramatic make up and her facial expressions. i loved her attitude of just being a bit carefree. it got interesting when brian fell in love with sally and when the other guy came along it began to be a love triangle which was kind of gross but notn really because they didnt show anything with the guyv & brian. the scene where the three of them were drinking and they were dancing in a circle i think was pretty well done because it was intense and you could see there feelings. there was actually many scenes that stuck out in my mind.. first the beginning with the MC how creepy he looked i thought i would get nightmares after that. the next scene was when sally was seeing to no audience in the cabaret and how the light was shining in the background the effect of the light was very powerful. i loved the performances when they were at the cabaret. towards the end where a nazi boy started singing really gave me chills and especially when the crowd started standing up.. i dont know i guess its because of the lyrics and i just thoguht about all the stuff i learned in history class =x. i like the scene where that guy jumped onto that jews girl car it was romantic. oh ya i forgot and teh scene where the girl first walks in when she gets lessons by brian and the guy & sally are there. the way the guys treated sally compared to the other girl it was funny because when brian handed her the piece of bread it fell on sally's chest and then she began talking about an unappropriate subject. i saw how the nazi was beginning to take control because in the beginning the guy tried to kick them out and then towards the end there was a lot of them in the audiences. the thing that struck me about this film was sally, her charater alone. oh ya and when sally & brian would say " dont you find my body desirable" something like that was funny. Liza Minnelli still looks the same its kind of creepy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Rainelee Bernardino (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 13:53 (link)

- I thought the film was pretty interesting. What struck me about the film was that the rise of Hitler and the Nazis were taking place, yet many people just shrugged it off. They continued to taste the wine, hear the band, blow their horns, and celebrate. And because people were ignorant and brushed the issue off their shoulders, (we all know what happened). Plus, there were many other followers who had believed Hitler's propaganda. It really disgusted me when the Nazi boy was singing and the crowd began to sing with him. How naive and easily influenced the wrong way people are. - What stuck out to me about the film was that practically most of the scenes also coincided and reflected off of the skits and musicals from the cabaret. To illustrate my point, when Sally was singing "Money", what had just happened was that she had met the rich Baron Maximillion. Another example was when the older man was getting beat up by the Nazis. At the same time at the cabaret, there was a musical skit and the dancers were dressed up as Nazis. When the dancers stomped their feet, the Nazis too stomped their feet. The difference is that the dancers were stomping the ground, the Nazis were stomping the old man. Also, there were the parts in the film where there was the threesome, or love triangle between Brian, Sally, and Maximillion. At the Cabaret, they were singing and dancing a musical skit with "Two Ladies" and one man. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Borath Long (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 16:12 (link)

This movie was not as bad as Singing in the Rain was. I was often confused with the relationships that were going on in the movie. I did not know Brian was gay and I thought he was joking when he said he screwed the other guy that was always hanging around him and Sally. I thought he said that just to pist Sally off. The singing and the dancing was king of weird to me. The makeup made them looked like insane clowns. The M.C. guy was really strange too. He reminded me of the doll from the scary movie, Dead Silence. The movie was overall strange and confusing. I noticed many of the dancers were old and I was surprised to see them move that fast. I was surprised to see all that action in a film that took place from back then. Issues like being gay, infidelity, promiscuous lifestyles were shocking to me because I did not see too many movies like that from back in those days. Well, I did not see that many movies from the 70s so I would not really know how movies were like during those times. Scenes that stood out was when the M.C. guy performed. He seemed like the symbol of the movie in that he acted out in whatever ways he wanted similar to the characters in the movie. Sally, Brian and his friend did what they wanted despite how other people might think of them. Although these characters would seem strange to those with morals or are very conservative, they still acted out according to their desires. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Van Ardon (Anonymous) 2007-05-05 17:13 (link)

this movie i thought was gonna be boring because of the musical label, but it is probably the most daring musical i've ever seen, not that i've seen a lot. but i did watch chicago when it came out. What really struck me about this film was the whole gay thing. Not so much the NAzi issue, because they didn't really show a good job on showing the dominance of the NAzi people, but the way they did show it was by showing in the beginning a nazi getting thrown out, and at the end the whole audience at the club was probably Nazis. Certainly the gay thing was pretty provocative for any era, but it probably fit that era the most, due to all the rebellion about vietnam and the whole free will and fighting back and not trusting the government. It was a good opportunity i think for the filmmaker to let this film out because it was probably embraced by the people.Maybe" i dont' really know. But its pretty surprising to find out brian's gay, and most certainly finding out the other dude was gay too. The whole time in the middle of the movie, i thought brian straightened up or somethin, and the other dude was rich and jus wanted the wild girl from the club, but i was fooled, haha.pretty funny, but ya also the whole pregnancy, thats pretty crazy how in the 1930's theres abortion and stuff like that..but there was, so that was crazy, the girl was the main runner of the whole show, because she wanted to get to the top and she will do nething...so any chance she got she took, more happy go lucky type and just whatever happens happens, living in the moment type of thing, The undermining effect was it was also about the NAzi's rise to try to dominate. and the whole jews or german issue, its crazy that the guy would pretend to be german just to get by, that must be really hard, that you have to deal with that, the irony was he found that girl who he loved, and the reason for her not to like him was cuz of his german status, which was i lie. So i think the filmmaker did a good job, with the subplots and the main plot was as provocative as any plot there is. ANd at the end its still like a happy go lucky thing, just leaving each other and kinda just go with the flow. No heart feelings or any regrets, they just kept goin. So i guess that was the theme of the 70's era, and this film portrayed that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Marthina Cinco (Anonymous) 2007-05-06 00:50 (link)

The scene that stuck out in my mind the most was when Sally had her abortion because it showed how much she really wanted to become an actress. Even though she made a toast to both her and Brian and also to the baby, in her mind, she didn't really want it. Another scene that stuck in my mind was the money scene. It showed how much money was important to people and how it makes people "turn away" from the hungry. "Money makes the world go round" is true because money does have power and without money, people are unable to get things. Money is what made Sally more interested in Maximillion. Maximillion used his money to get what he wanted and money is what Sally needed to get that abortion. People are unable to do anything without money and I think this is why they sang this song in Cabaret. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Lily I. (Anonymous) 2007-05-06 17:24 (link)

I really enoyed watching this film. My first impression of this film, before I watched it, was that it was just going to be about Show girls, sex, etc. I really liked how the scenes that took place in the Cabaret tied-in with the plot of the film. I really enjoyed the show scenes and the music. I like to watch films that, even though they are fictional, something from history is incorporated into it. As we commented on Friday, when the boy(Nazi) was singing "Tomorrow belongs to me..." in the banquet was kind of freaky. The song sounded all patriotic and the tune was nice. The crowd sang the song, as well. The only one that did not was the "old man". He had a sad look on his face because he knew that with the Nazis taking over, what was going to happen was not good, at all. The audience knew that this was a "scary" scene because we know what the Nazis did (the Holocaust). Another scene that gave me the chills was the end. The leading guy in the cabaret closed the show and went behind the stage when it was least expected. Then after that, everything was in dead silence. Through a not-so-clear mirror, we got to see the audience in the Cabaret, and the camera was going from left to right, very slowly. When it suddenly stopped moving, the people who were displayed were two men from the Nazi party, and the credits started to show. To mea, this was a scary ending. It was as if this ending communicated to the audience that the Nazis took over, and "Lifa [was no longer] a Cabaret" after that. A scene that stayed in my head was that in which the show guy was singing with a Monkey and that monkey was taking the place of a Jew. This shows that the Nazis were already brainwashing people and telling them that the Jews were to blame for everything that was wrong, and that they were horrible people, no, they were referred as inhuman. They were more like animals. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Michelle Jara (Anonymous) 2007-05-08 21:01 (link)

What struck you about this film? What scenes stuck out in your mind? Why? I thought this film was ok..For some reason it really didnt catch my attention, but with an exception to the musicals..which ws most of the movie..i loved them..=] the music and dances were amazing! what struck me about this film was how the characters live din this world. where they were trying to find their path to their true being and aiming for their passion at no cost..and how they challenge each other in the movie in some if the scenes and situation they encounter to see what was fit for their life. It seem a film where the world was changing.and the nazi were entering..to just cause history a horrible memory to look back on.what alsp sttruck to me about this film was the way the sarcasm was use in musical && the make up..=D. scenes that struck out in my mind was when sally is trying to offer herslf to brian..but he doenst seem interested..so she seems a bit at shock and suprise that he is not wanted. It stands out to me.because you usually see the women get it there way and seuduce the men..or teh audience assumes it will happen.This film was very tricky when it came to the characters intentions and their actions that left you wondering??..is that what they really wanted..in overall it was a good film (Reply to this) (Thread)

Joel Pollack (Anonymous) 2007-05-09 02:06 (link)

I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was no graphic nudity and crudeness. Teh… well what can I say, after Pink Flamingos… j/k The Cabaret was interesting I liked the little acts that kind of reflected what was going on in the story. I have been to a cabaret show last year in France, and I have to say that nothing compares to the real thing. However the one in France was more centered around adults, no children are recommended to come inside because of the topless women. Although I did not see any children in the Cabaret show I see that it maybe appropriate for them to watch it. The thing that struck me the most in this film is the creative aspect of mixing the cabaret show and the story of the film. The part of the movie where the rich bisexual man was going around, pimping both of them and them splitting to the show whose them was “Money makes the World go round” was ingenious and original. I have never seen that in a movie before. The famous part of the film where the realization that both of them have slept with the man was very humorous. The act “Money Makes the World go Round” was my favorite part of the movie. The choreography was awesome and innovative, I can see why he was successful and popular to this day. The most emotional part of the film was the scene where the ideal Nazi young man was singing to the crowd of people, stirring them up into fervency. It was hard to see thinking that as a result many people would die. The old man sitting down, having most likely been though this in World War I must have been thinking what a mistake they are making. This film was pretty interesting and was worth watching. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Shannon "BB" Page (Anonymous) 2007-05-14 01:06 (link)

I really enjoyed watching Cabaret because I liked the style of a burlesque type with show girls musical and Sally was a character all within herself. I thought that the relationship that Brian had with Sally was cute yet sometimes romantic. I really wanted them to be happy together. What struck my mind was how creepy yet glamorous the M.C. was. Even though he gave off a very menacing vibe, I liked his character, like how he acted so exaggerated in song and performance. The character of Sally also struck me because I've never met or seen a character like her. She was a free bird character that knew what she wanted and did things that she felt would benefit her, and I wanted her to just stop and be someone considerate because she was almost a full selfish person and i felt saddened when I saw how Brian reacted whenever she did things that hurt him. The scene with the Nazi youth, when he sang I think was the most striking scene because of how almost everyone just joined in at will, almost in choir. It demonstrated, to me, how the Nazi party came to be so at large, by starting by one voice and others joining in and so quickly. This has become one of my favorites!... (Reply to this) (Thread)

matthew spears (Anonymous) 2007-05-23 19:31 (link)

What stuck out most out of the movie as the people. They seemed so out of the ordinary than what most people would expect to see in real life. Everyone looked so flashy with their little costumes. People trying to achieve their dreams no matter what. Singing and dancing their way through life. Personally I don’t like musicals, turning dialogue into a song, I’m not a big fan of it. But whatever floats your boat. The M.C. seemed cool. or cooler than most people. He obviously didn’t have any problem with the ladies. Also it was kinda creepy how brian and sally both got it on with maximillion. But again, whatever floats your boat right? Forsure then. Everyone seemed to be going around. This movie seemed to deal with gay people which I think would be an unusual subject for its time period. Like turning someone straight again. I think people today know a lot more about gay people and are probably more sensitive to that subject. A lot of people seemed to have gotten beaten up as well. I guess Germany wasn’t so hot then. (Reply to this) (Thread)

lizzay casillas (Anonymous) 2007-05-25 01:15 (link)

The director is a genius! This film revolved around symbolism. I loved how some of the main scenes each connected to a cabaret number. It’s as if the cabaret revealed something about each character and their situations. For example the scene that used this technique that stood out to me the most was the scene were Brian and Sally were having sex with that one rich guy( I forgot his name).weird I know, but you can tell a lot about whats going on with the characters in this clip. the audience is able to tell that Brian is incredibly uncomfortable with sally being so close to that rich guy as he realizes that hes starting to fall in love with her; yet, he excepts the welcoming to a threesome…why, you may ask…well because before he had met sally he was confirming he was gay. The cabaret throughout and following this scene showed a comical dance number of a foursome. This demonstrated the intensity of how the characters all wanted to be there in that moment even though they might not all feel the same way about each other. the dance showed a group of ladys being fondled by a wealth man, the ladys showed discomfort as this was happening yet they were attracted to his money, so they allowed the man to enjoy himself, this symbolized brains discomfort, and near the end the ladys were the ones to yarn for the man, just as brain gained comfort around the rich guy in the film. Overall, I really enjoyed this film. I liked how the structure set the tone for the film. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Jose Abad (Anonymous) 2007-05-25 17:41 (link)

what struck me about the film , was that it seemed happy, but you can tell the times were changing. some scene that stuck out in my mind was that scene where they were dancing on stage singing and at the same time the nazi's were beating up the cabaret guy that kicked them out, while in the musical the people were beating up the nazi, i liked the contrast between the to. Another scene that stuc out to me was the part where brian and the other two main characters were all drunk together they looked so blissfully happy together. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Cerda, Erika (Anonymous) 2007-06-01 15:15 (link)

When you told us that we were watching a musical I was ready to take a nap. But Cabaret was such a good movie that I really didn't what to take my eyes of the screen. Sally was a very attractive, outgoing girl. She could sing dance and was the life of the party and a gold digger. Brian was a English scholar who was gay and all he care about was making enough money to pay the rent. Sally and Brian were complete opposites but I guess opposites attract. Although Brian was gay he started falling in love with her. But the only thing I didn't like was that a the end they went there own ways. That is the scene that struck my mind. I really enjoyed everything about this movie, the music, singing, the dancing everything. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Darline Jimenez (Anonymous) 2007-06-04 23:44 (link)

This film was very provocative and had cruel satire humor. To me the singing and dancing were interesting i like the "Money Makes The World Go Around" ballad my all time favorite part of the film. When the German soldiers started singing in a very monotone voice was eerie to me. The movie seemed to me a bit boring at times because the scenes were over exaggerated and prolonged. I didn't like the ending were Sally had an abortion she should have tried out before doubting herself and putting her career on line rather thinking of what could have been with Brian. It was tragic how the ending the Nazis took over. (Reply to this) (Thread)