1 of 5 | Taylor Swift, seen at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February, released "The Release Party of a Showgirl" on Friday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, in theaters Friday, is a different sort of film from Swfit's concert film The Eras Tour. Nevertheless, Swift knows how to make it an event even without a stage performance and focusing on only one album.
Swift does not delay on her promise of a music video for "The Fate of Ophelia," the opening track from her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl. The video opens the film after a brief introduction.
The "Ophelia" video shows Swift as a living pre-Raphaelite painting, a go-go dancer, a Marilyn Monroe styled cabaret act, a Busby Berkeley musical performer, a very interesting image of Swift lying in a bundle of ropes, and more.
After the video, behind-the-scenes footage shows Swift discussing her inspirations and directing her crew, returning from The Eras Tour. Swift says the video reflects a journey through various historic ideas of showgirls, from the cinema-inspired ones to paintings and more theatrical versions.
