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Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Director: Baz Luhrmann

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From Time Out Film Guide

Another post-modern mix of myth, musical, comedy, romance and unfettered pastiche from the impressively inventive Luhrmann, here ransacking pop culture's iconographic archives - rather than the real Paris of 1900 - to mount a hyperkinetic update of the Orpheus myth. Naive, lovelorn writer/composer Christian (McGregor) is taken up by bohemians like Toulouse-Lautrec to put on a show at the scandalous showplace of the title, where courtesan/torch singer Satine (Kidman) will do anything - even sleep with a dodgy Duke - to further her acting career, especially if pressed by the club proprietor (Broadbent) - until, that is, she meets Christian, and her heart melts. A Red Shoes-style fable of love and art in conflict with commerce and power, it's luridly stunning to look at even if it's cut a little too quickly and insistently for its own good. It's also jam-packed with allusions and gags, and performed with enormous gusto. If it lacks the emotional punch of Luhrmann's earlier films, and drags towards the end, it is still great fun.

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  • Giuseppe Paolo Mazzarello said...
    Posted on Jan 11 2008 08:38 HARD TIMES FOR SATINE
    Christian is a penniless writer. He comes to the Moulin Rouge and meets its star Satine. She thinks he is rich and starts to seduce him, then she knows the truth and changes idea. Toulouse-Lautrec, Bohemians' chief, enrols Christian in their club to write their plot. The Satine's manager has already enrolled the star in his club. Finally, a true rich gets but satine has fallen in love with Christian. Tubercolosis has the last word. In "La Traviata", Violetta tells her love has been defeated only by her illness. In "Moulin Rouge", Satine seems to be defeated by something else. This movie has had audience and Oscars. Its plot is modern though there is the old Can-Can in the background. Maybe this dance is too wild, but is representative. Well, there are also another dances.
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Cast & crew

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Producer: Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Jacek Koman, Kylie Minogue full cast

Duration: 128 mins

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