“Fame” uses the power of music to depict dreams, reality, and even diversity, emitting an eternal glow

The bitterness of not being able to gain “Fame” in real life

The cast, led by Irene Chara who sang the title song `` Fame ,'' attracted attention, but since then, no one has climbed the ladder to stardom. Paul McClain, who plays Montgomery, has built a steady career as a supporting actor (playing the dastardly prison guard in The Shawshank Redemption Redemption, Dr. Robert Romano in ER, etc.), but the rest of the cast are There is no masterpiece other than ``Fame.'' Jean Anthony Ray, who played the black character Leroy, died of AIDS at the age of 41.

However, even after watching the film again, I can still feel the fresh acting of the cast. The song (``Fame'') for the scene I wrote about at the beginning, where students dance on the street, had not yet been completed at the time of filming. During the filming, Donna Summer's `` Hot Stuff, '' which has the same tempo as the song they were working on, was played. Even though it's a different song, the dynamic feeling imprinted in the video is awe-inspiring. In addition, ``Hot Lunch Jam,'' an improvisational session held by students in the lunch cafeteria, involves performers improvising in a recording studio based on a 16-bar melody created by composer Michael Gore. The song was completed. This is exactly the situation in the movie.

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This innovative style of music earned Fame the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. ``Fame'' is also the first time in Academy history that two songs have been nominated for Best Theme Song at the same time.

The most famous scene in the movie ``Fame'' is probably the scene from `` The Rocky Horror Picture Show .'' After that, ``Fame'' became widely known as a style that became a bit of a boom in Japan, where audiences enjoyed cosplaying along with movies. In order to recreate the screening of ``The Rocky Horror Picture Show,'' which ran for 12 years at New York's ``8th Street Playhouse'' on Friday and Saturday nights, Alan Parker invited ``regular'' audience members to participate. I approached them and asked them to participate in the shooting. Among them was the president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club.

A unique example of a movie that became a TV series and expanded its popularity