MUSICALS!: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
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CONTENT WARNING: Mild discussion of pogrom, antisemitism, Holocaust, ethnic cleansing, genocide.
Our bestie Kristin Devine from Dice Up Games and Christmastide, Ohio returns to the show this week for one of the greatest movies ever made. No joke. I mean, yes, that kind of spoils the episode a little bit, but let’s be honest here - this movie transcends into American culture deeper than any of the movies we’ve discussed in this series. You’re guaranteed to have heard at least one or two of the songs in this musical, and the titles of a half-dozen others. What you aren’t prepared for, though, is the masterful, grounded directing and filmmaking that was brought to each frame of this movie. Yes, our lead actor went on to portray this role for four more decades after the film, and yes, the maestro himself, John Williams, is sprinkling magic dust on an already amazing musical score. But the truly amazing thing about this film is how rooted it was, from locations to detail in filming, in bringing all of the history and culture of this story to life. Pick up your cart of milk jugs and celebrate tradition as we discuss 1971’s Fiddler on the Roof this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpts taken from the film Fiddler on the Roof are © 1971 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Tradition” from the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Fiddler on the Roof. © 1964, Radio Corporation of America.
Excerpt taken from “Jews and Chinese Food,” episode 15 of Season 5 of Gilmore Girls. © 2005 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
