Bad - Michael Jackson dir. Martin Scorsese

Some of the most memorable video clips in my lifetime have to be those of MJ. The mini-movie, epic clips that excited me on saturday mornings or late sat night had story, themes, and amazing dance choreography and production design/costume. I was reminiscing the days of huge budget video clips and delved into the world of directors behind MJs clips that I hadn’t looked at before…

Martin Scorsese (Bad ‘87), Spike Lee (They Don’t Care About Us ‘96), Francis Ford Coppola (Captain Eo ‘86), David Fincher (Who Is It ‘93)  John Landis (Thriller ‘83, Black or White ‘91), John Singleton (Remember The Time ‘92) to name a few of the biggies…

As well as Space Jam dir. Joe Pytka for ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’, ‘Dirty Diana’, ‘Heal The World’ and famous music clip dir. Paul Hunter for You Rock My World ’01. And then some…

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One of my all time favourite music videos ever - “Rich Man’s Frug” from ‘Sweet Charity’ 1969. Amazing sleek design and choreo with music by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields.

I’m not a fan of many musicals or this guy’s directing, but this guy is an amazing choreographer, no doubt -

BOB FOSSE

Actor, dancer, screen writer, film editor, film director and history’s greatest choreographer. Academy award winning - beating Godfather! Made in the 20s. From Chicago. Is thought to have been Michael Jackson’s biggest influence because of this video from ‘The Little Prince’ 1974. You can also see where Beyonce’s choreographer gets her inspiration from too with the vid above…

My other fave Fosse vids:

All That Jazz

Big Spender - Sweet Charity

Fosse and Notorious B.I.G remix