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‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’ Review: Liza Minnelli’s Life Proves as Radiant as Her Art in Bruce David Klein’s Scintillating Documentary
Bruce David Klein's scintillating film captures how the "Cabaret" star has led a life of extraordinary joy, which she poured into her performances.
According to the singer-pianist/cabaret star Michael Feinstein, a close friend of Liza’s who is interviewed throughout the documentary (he serves as the film’s captivating psychological narrator-bard), the real reason Judy Garland kept practically knocking her daughter in the face is that she was suddenly quite jealous of her. She had started as an eager and slightly klunky dancer, appearing on variety shows (it’s jarring to see her with conventional long hair, as if she were Marlo Thomas), but as the film captures, she took on a series of friends who shaped her identity as a performer. The lyricist Fred Ebb, who became Minnelli’s closest friend, created with his composing partner John Kander an emotional canvas for Liza’s charisma as surely as Josef von Sternberg did for Marlene Dietrich.
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