Fiddler on the Roof's Place in the New Hollywood
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- In which I discuss the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, the New Hollywood movement, and Fiddler's place between Old and New Hollywood Musicals
The last year has been a bit chaotic, but I'm glad to finally have a new video essay to present. This project really helped to remind me of how special Fiddler is as a piece, and I can only hope that I've expressed how unique I think this film is.
0:00 Intro
5:01 A Brief History of Fiddler on the Roof
13:36 The New Hollywood
19:49 Fiddler's Place in the New Hollywood
27:45 Conclusion
FURTHER READING/VIEWING
Some Additional Notes About My Thoughts on Everything in the Video
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Films featured (in order):
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Medium Cool (1969)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
Putney Swope (1969)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Camelot (1967)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Cabaret (1972)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
All That Jazz (1979)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
West Side Story (1961)
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
On the Town (1949)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Gun Fury (1953)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
The Moon is Blue (1953)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Lola (1961)
Breathless (1960)
The Children's Hour (1961)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Graduate (1967)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Oliver! (1968)
Bullitt (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Mean Streets (1973)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen (2022)
SOURCES:
Solomon, A. (2014). Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof. Metropolitan Books.
Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films. (2019). Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles. Dir: Max Lewkowicz.
Zeitgeist Films/Kino Lorber. (2022). Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen. Dir: Daniel Raim.
MGM Home Entertainment. (2001). Fiddler on the Roof: Audio Commentary [DVD]. Subjects: Norman Jewison and Chaim Topol.
Ebert, R. (1971, November). Fiddler on the Roof Movie Review (1971): Roger Ebert. movie review (1971) | Roger Ebert. Retrieved October 7, 2022, from www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fi...
Canby, V. (1971, November 4). Fiddler' on a grand scale:life-style of the Aleichem characters is missing amid production's grandeur. The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2022, from www.nytimes.com/1971/11/04/ar...
Coate, M. (2021, December). To life! remembering "fiddler on the roof" on its 50th anniversary. The Digital Bits. Retrieved October 7, 2022, from thedigitalbits.com/columns/hi...
Kael, P. (1971, November 6). A bagel with a bite out of it. The New Yorker. Retrieved October 7, 2022, from www.newyorker.com/magazine/19...
Powers, J. (1966, June 22). 'who's afraid of virginia woolf?': Thr's 1966 review. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 7, 2022, from www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...
Thank you for this, Fiddler on the Roof, is my favorite film. I absolutely love musicals!
I was totally shocked to find out that Hello Dolly, was not a hit. I love it, it's in my top 5 favs.
We just lost Topol at the beginning of the month 3/8/23, may he rest in Peace.🌹
I know! I was so sad to hear
“MGM’s Xanadu had met its Rosebud” You’re such a NERD, I love you
To bad that this movie wasn't a big hit.i love the music in this movie.mainly that i love elo music
MGM didn't produce ''Xanadu.'' It was a Universal film.
Very interesting and right on the money. I don’t know how old you but one of the first movies I remember seeing was The Music Man. From there I fell in love with film and musicals in particular. I well recall the huge successes and box office disappointments of the 60s, as well as the emergence of the New Hollywood. Seeing Fiddler on the Roof in 1971 with relatives brings a huge smile comes to my face. My uncle Louis was much like Tevye and his unabashed reactions watching the film was a prime example of how a movie could touch one’s soul. I don’t know how many times my aunt told him to shush. I will say one thing, whether successful financially or not, I’m glad all those films were made and around today. Whether liked or not, they show a quality of filmmaking and artistry that has been lost.
The Music Man was the first musical I can remember seeing as well!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE ITS A CLASSIC
AN AMAZING PIECE OF CINEMA
LOVE THE STORY AND THE MUSIC IS JUST OUT OF THIS WORLD
R I P TOPAL 🙏💙
Topol was a great singer, actor, and man!
Excellent job!
I remember my grandfather taking me to see "Fiddler" in one of those old movie palaces with statues and a ceiling filled with stars.
It was magical.
I cried like a baby at the end of act 1 and at the finale.
I would love to see your take on "Jesus Christ Superstar".
Jeff!! I don't know if you'll remember me, but you actually directed me in a production of The Wild Party back in 2011. So many happy memories flooded my brain upon seeing your name. Thank you so much for watching the video and sharing your memories of seeing Fiddler. I hope you're well! 💕
I second this! Please look at JCSS
SO GLAD YOURE BACK!!!
Thanks for the information. Fiddler on the roof is my number one favourite movie untill now. I never get bore to watch it .And the main reason I really enjoy is Tevye. Also Mr Chaim Topol really great make that character so alive.
You 're so right in your praise of the movie (and its place in cinema), and I want to study it more closely now. I love the context you provide and how you show the interconnectedness of the musical and non-musical films surrounding it. Most of all you bring home the heroic knowing and understanding Norman Jewison possessed!
Babble aside, i as gentile Catholic kid with 1920s parents grew up on Musicals and this is one of the best. I love Topals performance and movie critics are erudite kill joys.
I love him in Fiddler.
I didn't know Fiddler was released after Dolly - what a nice send-off to the genre. Great video!
What a terrific video and topic. Loved it!
Tradition! Tradition!
Insanely well researched video. Subbed! Hope your channel grows quickly.
Fiddler on the Roof stands done - as much as I love westside fair lady or sounds of music -Fiddler on the Roof has a heart like no other film
Excellent job on covering the rich & complex context as well as the powerful details of this classic film of a uniquely beloved & perrennial musical. This should become required watching in film history coursss.
I dare say Fiddler on the Roof is not just a stand alone musical masterpiece, but creates a place as one of the greatest Cinematic masterpieces of all time. I guess you can tell I LOVE IT!!
This film is part of my DNA.
Shank "New Hollywood" this movie is a total classic, brilliant!
You've earned my subscription in just one video. Well done.
Same here!
👏👏👏👏
What a great presentation!!! Thank you!!!!
Excellent video!
Thanks.
I’m surprised Camelot was such a box office flop, it’s one of my favorite films and was beautifully made with a fantastic cast.
🤨Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero could not sing.....🙁...in a musical.......🤔.
Nero actually could, but the director preferred to dub - and picked the beautiful high baritone voice of Gene Merlino, who sang Lancelot's songs on a par with Robert Goulet's
legendary performances.
❤
I wouldn't be too rough on Rodgers and Hammerstein. Instead, think of R&H as pioneers for paving the way for the New Hollywood. Can the author of this post say ''South Pacific'' didn't confront racism as a major theme, especially with the song, ''You've Got to be Carefully Taught?'' All through,first the play and later the film, Nellie Forbush and Lt. Cable are forced to examine their souls for the ways THEY we're taught. When Dick Rodgers and Oscar Hammerrstein presented their adaptation of James Michener's book, ''Tales of the South Pacific,'' producers of the play wanted to cut ''You've Got to be Carefully Taught '' R&H said the song stayed in. I understand the enthusiasm for the demise of the Hayes Code. I was a young man back then and my desire for intellectual freedom as well as a bow to horniness was accepted with gratitude and a call to action. However, as we are also taught, let's not turn to stereotypes, for that, too, is intellectual dishonesty. Rodgers and Hammerstein we're far from a trip into bubble gum.
So, what went wrong with PAINT YOUR WAGON (1969) ? Most of what you said about FIDDLER can apply to WAGON : real sets, realism of the cinematographic look, mix of drama and humour, modern topic (A woman with two husbands !)....etc
Fiddler on the Roof wasn't the only big successful musical movie released in 1971. It was also the year of Bedknobs & Broomsticks, which was initially conceived as a lavish Roadshow musical in the vein of Hello Dolly and Oliver! Bedknobs is even a magpie of a musical in so much as how much of its content was lifted from other musical movies prior. Willy Wonka did flop though.
Oliver! won best picture for 1968 and made $77 million against a $10 million budget.
That movie didn't have any big, budget breaking stars in it (for example producer John Wolf originally wanted Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to play Sikes and Nancy but director Carol Reed deterred him from that proposition). It was even more profitable than Funny Girl which made $58 million against a $14.5 million budget.
I LOVED Camelot! It was a flop?!
The critics' opinions are the real flops!
26:06 “If we look at three major movie musical releases …”
… they’re all Jewish-themed? 😃
funny enough that way of life is died nobody does that stuff anymore