>> that year bob fosse was nominated against coppola for the "godfather" and he won. >> bob fosse foring character >> he characteristically pessimist and cynic, this and some of the other nice things that have happened to me in the last couple days may turn me into some sort of hopeful optimist and ruin my whole life. >> the general premise of bob fosse's "all that jazz" is a man who is working himself to death. >> it's showtime, folks. ♪ they say the neon lights are bright on broadway ♪ >> here was this incredibly complicated character who was so talented and so charming and the way the movie was constructed put you so inside the feeling of him. >> nothing i ever do is good enough. >> it's autobiographical but his kind of manic drive for perfection that can never be achieved. ♪ we tried to warn you somehow >> you didn't listen, daddy. you didn't listen. >> he had a heart attack. >> had a heart attack and open heart surgery and i became very interested in death and hospital behavior and the meaning of life and death and those kinds of subjects. >> hey. ♪ death is in >> that's really h