The Post Modern Musical Film

List creator: terryogara Created on: March 20, 2004 - 2:54 PM PST Description: Contemporary Musical Cinema

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	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
What about Björk isn't post modern?
	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Thou art in front of the television nurturing a new appreciation for bluegrass.
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Son of Rocky Horror. Welcome to our bisexual new millennium.
	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Vulgar, offensive, juvenile and incomprehensibly brilliant.
	Moulin Rouge (2001)
Original in its presentation, but rather cut'n'paste musically. But, hey, this is the age of cut'n'paste. The shape of things to come?
	Dum (2003)
Better get used to Bollywood taking over. And this is not a bad place to start.
	The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968)
I'm still waiting for the stage version.
	Grease (1978)
Arguably a transitional piece between conventional musical theater and rock'n'roll.
	Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
The ultimate rock opera. The remake isn't bad, either. But this original is heavenly.
	The Rocky Horror Picture Show (25th Aniversary Edition) (1975)
Innovative in that it inspired an entire generation of otherwise straight youth to raid their mother's closets.
	All That Jazz (1979)
An alienated, drugged up, philanderer as leading man? But, boy, does it work.
	Stop Making Sense (1984)			Not Rated
A concert film like no other. Simultaneously ushers out new wave while ushering in world music all the while making a stand for performance art as rock'n'roll.
	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The cold war. Shell shock. Alienation. Rock'n'Roll. In a nutshell.
	Hair (1979)
With choreography by post modern dancer Twyla Tharp.
	The Muppet Movie (1979)
And thus the seventies were pleasantly over.
	The Hole (1998)			Not Rated
Boy and Girl meet through hole absurdly framed by musical numbers and beautifully distressed urban life.
	Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
If Hitchcock was Japanese, and Family Plot was a musical.
	A Mighty Wind (2003)
A Mockumentary in the vein of Spinal Tap for folkies.
	Saudade do futuro (2000)			Not Rated
Featuring the retro future sights and sounds being born out of contemporary Brazil.
	Cuba Feliz (2000)
Team up Buena Vista Social Club with Cuba Feliz for a great double feature.
	Jubilee (Criterion Collection) (1978)			Not Rated
Her Majesty's Facist Regime Reduced to a Punk Rock Video.
	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Everything old is new again.