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When I married my Scottish born husband, he wore kilt, my father was Punjabi Indian and my mother was Russian Ukrainian Polish Jewish. So while I wore a purple legaha, we got married under a chupa and my husband broke the glass. This brings back memories of my Jewish heritage. It makes me cry.
I'm not even Jewish and this movie makes me cry every time I see it. So rich in wisdom, so powerful. We all need to abandon tribalism and embrace each other. So much to learn and ttoshare.
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I remember doing the bottle dance with a local production of Fiddler right before covid. It was the best experience of my life. Many broken bottles. We did it legit, no magnets, no tape, just glass bottles with water and hats. Great memories.
AnakinISD that would be a false my friend due to multiple camera angles of this scene there were multiple takes so it wasnt 1, judging by the angles i would say 16 maybe 17 takes
True meaning of life summarize perfectly in 3 minutes. Started carefree as a child. Eventually start and support a family like balancing bottle on head. You are never the only crazy one, everyone is balancing bottle on head. When you think things are at worst, wait till you have to shuffle forward, while kneeling, while balancing bottle on head. Finally when the bottle is off, celebrate like no tomorrow. Always lift me up watching this.
+Jon Chan ~ Having just seen an amateur dramatic presentation of this, and we could see that one bottle was wobbling, the audience gave a sigh of relief and started clapping along when they took the bottles off their heads. I think your point was felt. "Wit is sword - it is meant to make you feel the point as well as see it." [G.K.Cheterton]
This scene has always been one of my favourites of this movie. The dancing is powerful, and the scene so important considering how swiftly the film dives into the darker theme by the end of the wedding. Sunrise sunset was a perfect starter song to the whole wedding, considering how swiftly the dark sets in moments after this engertic celebration.
Thank you to Jerry Bock who wrote the music for the Fiddler on the Roof production, and Sheldon Harnick for your brilliant lyrics. Thank you to John Williams for your arrangements and adapting the music so expertly for this film. Including the cast and crew, it was a perfect storm of talent.
I saw Fiddler on the Roof on stage in the mid 1960s in Sydney Australia ( now 57 years ago) My mum was enthralled by the films music & song & at the theatre we sat in a box which gave a wonderful view. The performers & actors were amazing ( im not sure if if was indeed Topol who took his film role of Rep Teviev, that we saw?) However the dancers who did the dance scenes incl this one The Bottle Dance were Russians On loan from some Ballet Company to do this F on the R tour. Seeing this dance live was breathtaking & all the hairs on my neck & arms stood up They even had the stage covered in sand or dust to re create the puffs from the Bottle Dancers & they danced much longer than the film scene! Wonderful, truely Wonderful. Anyone who feels depressed should listen to the song If I Were A Rich Man & watch Topol singing it Also to cheer your heart Watch this Bottle Dance scene! Its a real tonic for the soul! Peace 🇬🇧👧
I love this scene. My admiration for the dancers is off the scale. With my knees i can just about kneel down, but getting back up requires so much effort and furniture to hold on to. Oh the joys of getting older. My favourite film!
I had the privilege of seeing this in London last year at the Playhouse, the production was off the Richter scale fabulous... the dancing left me breathless!
Until Tevye and Lazar fight, and then... Oops - almost had to put out a spoiler alert. The best wedding ever turns into the worst. I like to imagine that Motel and his bride are so happy together that they don't care.
My ancestors as Nordic as could be, but the love of my life Jewish. We had this stuff at our wedding 33 years ago & I still thrill to the memory. Am Yisroel Chai!
The sense is correct. This is quite obviously the best dance in the world and is indicative of the high art and culture which the Jewish tradition has to offer. And so it is a shame the Russian pogroms happened, as well as the expulsions elsewhere in Europe since the Middle Ages culminating in the Holocaust. Highlighting Jewish culture and its suffering is partly what makes Fiddler a great film.
Prejudice is a human frailty. Humans are fallen beings. We can strive for perfection, but ultimately that's all we can do. Btw, as a 21st century Gentile, this movie made such a horrible case for the Jewish tradition, made even worse by the fact that it's supposed to be the *essential* representation of the Jewish tradition, that it almost made an anti-Semite out of me.
I saw this play on broadway and this part and the other dances were the most amazing things. It was just so extremely beautiful. you could feel the stomps and dances (and I was far from the stage). you could just feel it in your soul. I just want my life to be watching this play.
I like the authenticity of the wedding, men and women dancing in separate groups. I've never seen a bottle dance other than in this film. I can appreciate it so much more now than when I first saw it 50 years ago. I played Chava in a school performance in 9th grade.
I may be being simplistic here, but after the horrific antisemitic sentiments highlighted by WWII atrocities, this is an uplifting celebration of Jewish cultural values.
This entire film blows me away. First time I saw it on a proper screen, I was maybe 5-7. There was a late weeknight showing at, I think, The Crest, in north Seattle. I had seen this film before. But, it was from off of TV in the late 1970's. So, edited and not the proper aspect ratio. So, my mom asks, "do you want to see this tonight in a real theater?" I said, "Yes!" She said, "okay. tonight is a school night. You still have to get up for school and you can't complain about being sleepy!" OMG. One of my most favorite childhood memories. We got home around 1am and I was really tired the next morning. But. OMG. Totally worth it. :D
Wspaniala atmosfera,doskonala melodia ,a sceneria wyjatkowa.Znakomity film pokazujacy zydow w najlepszej formie.Ich muzyka,ich obyczaje,ich tradycje sa niepowtarzalne ,unikalne i cenione na calym swiecie..Melodie te gralem w swoim zyciu setki razy na roznych imprezach muzycznych ,w roznych krajach ,na roznych kontynentach .
Our local high school did this show a few years ago legit- no velcro or magnets- and there was an editorial about it in the local news. It was really cool.
Бесподобный фильм!Просто шикарная постановка...идеальная игра,великолепные актёры...всё на высшем уровне..настолько вроде всё просто,но так живо,ярко и душевно...самые тонкие струны души затрагивают сам сюжет и великолепная игра актёров, так ярко передающая боль,радость,душевные терзания и одновременно эту национальную каллоритность. ..великолепно просто
This sensational scene always recalls these verses for me: "And David danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing a priestly garment. So David and all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord with shouts of joy and the blowing of rams’ horns." When I see this scene, I just get it.
Santa Clara Vanguard performed their version of this entire show with precision and excellent musical arrangement. Please check out Santa Clara Vanguard Bottle Dance. It will give you the same chills but in a different way.
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This is a Jewish thing. Why when this Great bottle dance has been used in so many Weddings. This is so brilliant for Love and Life. Forget your colour or yr religious believe. At the end of the day you cut me I bleed the same as you xxxx
Saw this show on stage every time it was on. Luckily the last time it was here, I got Topol’s autograph! The first time I saw it, as a teenager, was allowed to go backstage, & met the whole cast. No ‘security’ needed in those days’.
I'm so going to have those dance at my wedding. I'll try to get my siblings to do as well at their weddings ☺️. That'll make 7 times I get to dance to this!
I have seen the movie. I loved everything and especially this dance and also the part played by the great Molly Picon. I would have loved seeing a Yiddish spoken Fiddler on the Roof on stage though. Any Yiddish DVD version available?
Watching the hat dance at a live production is a sight to see, I mean even if they do use two sided tape, which they probably do, that still adds weight to the hat itself and makes it more prone to fall off.
