Neil Meron People Quotations

It was produced with very deep insight into the life of this performer. It?s the right tribute to who Liza is. People need to focus on the talent, not the tabloid headlines.

Miramax wanted the buzz to spread, but slowly, so people would be clamoring for it, ... Chicago.

During the Vietnam War era people were concerned about what was going on economically in their lives, and film studios were worried about what was going on with the box office,

They tried to sell the movie by its story. All the TV spots and trailers were story-driven, because many people still think musicals don't have serious plots.

It was all very strategic. Miramax wanted the buzz to spread, but slowly, so people would be clamoring for it.

What the Toronto festival premiere did was to reinforce why we wanted to do this. People approached us and said they had no idea how talented Liza was. In the past few years, her skills have been too obscured by the tabloid headlines. It is fantastic to see her being celebrated for what she should be celebrated for.

The passion here is really for Liza. Because of everything she has been through, people have forgotten Liza the artist.

Then people started to point fingers. They didn't say nobody wants to see bad movies. Instead, they said nobody wants to see movie musicals.