Chicago is a 2002 film that was adopted from a stage musical of the same name. It follows the story of Roxie, who wants to become a famous singer but runs into a bit of trouble with the law. The movie won six Academy awards including Best Picture. Chicago was the first musical since Oliver! to win the Best Picture award. The movie explores the themes of celebrity, scandal and corruption.
Chicago is presented in a unique way. The actors still randomly burst out into song, but the sequences are edited in a seamless way with stagey performances and accounts from what is actually happening. Some of them are quite clever, like "We Both Reached for the Gun" when Billy (Richard Gere) and Roxie (Renee Zellweger) are outside the courthouse answering questions to the press. Billy, who is representing Roxie in the trial, is like a ventriloquist, telling Roxie what she needs to say to win favor of the public. The stagey part of the song is a representation of what is actually happening on the courthouse steps. In the song he is like a puppeteer too, controlling the press with his words.
It's a pretty crafty movie, guys.
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