Film/Video A TRIBUTE TO BOB FOSSE LENNY DIRECTED BY BOB FOSSE THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2002, 8 PM FREE AUDITORIUM A TRIBUTE TO BOB FOSSE AUGUST: 28 | 29 | 30 In this sensational biography of volatile social satirist Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman), Fosse uses the appropriately raw aesthetic of high-contrast black-and-white photography and jump-cut editing. For his first nonmusical film, the director replaces trademark song-and-dance numbers with striptease acts and dirty comedy routines; interviews and a particular stand-up act are used to narrate scenes of Bruce's development as a performer, his relationship with his showgirl wife, Honey (an excellent Valerie Perrine), and the obscenity trials that made him infamous. Fosse here crafts his most intimate and dramatically powerful film; in later scenes, as Bruce has become debilitated by drugs, his routine becomes appropriately awkward and strained. Hoffman presents his best work in this film, displaying both his comic talent and intensity. Lenny was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress, and Actor, but won none--it was, after all, the year of The Godfather, Part II and Chinatown. 1974, U.S., B/W and color, 35mm, 111 minutes.