Moulin Rouge Essay

numbers for Moulin Rouge! that serve to amaze the audience.” The can-can dance is a flurry of legs and petticoats thrown up in the air, edited with a fast pace to convey the excitement Christian is feeling when he enters the Moulin Rouge. These elements successfully elicit the filmmaker’s desired emotion within me. When Satine first appears in the film during her burlesque routine, the crowd is in awe, staring up at her like she is an angel coming down from heaven. When she performs in the Moulin Rouge

Similarly to ‘The Great Gatsby’, Luhrmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge’ takes on the same effect of displaying anachronism by working with Monsted to create a soundtrack with a modern twist. However, the soundtrack of ‘Moulin Rouge’ has a much different timbre as it’s a ‘jukebox’ musical and the songs itself are used in replacement of dialogue at various points of the film. With the vocals of the lead characters of the film, played by Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman and more, this film also recreates different original

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I first came across the highly-stylized film Moulin Rouge! when I was Fourteen-years-old. Immediately, I became obsessed. Yet, despite several months of fixation with the lavish musical, I have not watched the Baz Luhrmann directed film in almost seven years. A lot has changed in my life since my initial viewing. Yet, many things which first captivated me about the film still remain true. Therefore, a re-viewing of the film in order to track my emotional engagement with the film seems applicable

Both Baz Luhrmann in the 2001 romantic musical “Moulin Rouge” and Angela Carter in the 1984 novel “Nights at the Circus” use postmodern elements to explore the importance of storytelling. These two texts, both fin de siècle, set in 1899 to the dawning age of the 1900s, feature tales of extravagant performers, Satine and Fevvers, and their writer lovers, Christian and Walser, on their journeys of self-discovery and revolution. Both texts feature main female characters with theatrical professions,

Moulin Rouge It was 1899 in Paris, France, it was the time of the Bohemian Revolution, and it was the summer of love. Christian, played by Ewan McGregor, was a writer and came to Paris to experience this revolution and be surrounded by the artists, singers, and dancers of this new Bohemian world. Little did he know that he would experience something he had never felt before but always believed in: love. Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann, is an exquisite movie musical based off of a real life

The Ghost’s Appeal: Man’s Interest in the Superficial in Toulouse-Lautrec’s At the Moulin-Rouge Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s famous painting, At the Moulin-Rouge, combines striking coloring with abnormal lighting to create a work that addresses men’s superficial interest in women. The dark scene depicted in the painting includes ten people scattered about a restaurant. In the center, two women and three men sit casually around a table while the background portrays two men and a woman peering into

Moulin Rouge(2001) is an Oscar winning master piece from director Baz Luhrmann. It followed the success and recognition of Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Strictly Ballroom (1992). All three films were recognized for Luhrmann’s characteristic style. His films feature stylistic choices such as blue and red lighting, the use of rapid cuts and vibrant, period accurate costume. To analyze Luhrmann’s use of the four elements of the stylistic system, I will consider two specific scenes from the film, namely

Juliet and Moulin Rouge with the help of camera angles? The manipulation of the weather is a concept that features in both Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. In both of these films, it is used to show distress and the death of one or both of the protagonists. This concept of distress and/or death will be explored. For the film Romeo and Juliet, sequence will be used where Romeo kills Tybalt and sequence will be used, where Romeo is banished because of him murdering Tybalt. For Moulin Rouge

Furthermore this essay requires an expose on the film The Moulin Rouge, also directed by Baz Lurhmann in which he explores the theme of dreams. The theme of dreams comes through most prominently, in my opinion, through the obstacles that stand in the way of the characters dreams of love. The characters dreams came in many forms throughout the film and interacted with each other to form a tensile web of contrary desires. The idea of obstacles alludes to the idea that their ambition was unrealistic

Moulin Rouge! “The show will be a magnificent, opulent, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan bedazzlement. A sensual ravishment. It will be spectacular, spectacular. No words in the vernacular can describe this great event, you’ll be dumb with wonderment… And on top of your fee, you’ll be involved artistically.”
 It is with these words that Harold Zidler—the owner of the titular nightclub in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!— describes a theatre play to his financier, and at the same time, fittingly

Paris in the 1920s Paris is known for its beautiful attractions, the diversity from entertainment to people. Go there and what is seen is what was just said. Paris was one of the places to be for a variety of reasons depending on what an individual was going through, or what would be going over there at the time. A war had just ended and all of what was wanted was joy, happiness, and the freedom to express an individual and their values. This was the time to talk about things that went on in the

painting includes his favourite clown Cha-u-kao who he painted many times before. This early example of Lautrec's caricature and graphic style shows the ringmaster and a bareback rider at one of the famous Montmatre circuses. The people at the Moulin Rouge thought so highly of the painting that it was hung in the dancehall from the opening night. The exaggerated features and silhouetted suit tails of the ringmaster make it look as if he has been cut out and stuck down in an appropriate position

What factors lead to the rise of the pictorial poster? When looking at what factors lead to the rise of the pictorial poster, it is clear to see that the majority of them occurred in late nineteenth century Paris and that perhaps one man, Jules Chéret, can be thanked for exploiting and mastering the techniques which made these posters reach the levels of respect previously reserved for the fine arts. As well as Jules Chéret and his mastery of lithography I will be exploring the influence of Japan

Moulin Rouge! Analysis All you need is love; love is all you need. These famous lyrics sung by The Beatles, is the central theme of the narrative and resonates throughout the film, “Moulin Rouge!” A romantic tragedy with a hint of Shakespearean forbidden love, Moulin Rouge is encapsulated from its tragic but touching romance by melodic and ambient singing. Baz Luhrmann, known for having vibrant cinematography and theatrical mise-en-scene, showcases his directing as shown by the choreography and art

The French Neo Classical era of theatre has influenced today’s society in a number of ways including woman’s fashion, dance, architecture and theatre performance. We have seen this throughout history and it still has continued into today’s society. The term Burlesque is usually thought of as slightly naughty theatre produced and performed between the 1700s and World War II. Webster defines it as a literary or dramatic work that seeks to mock by means of bizarre embellishment or comic imitation

people get to witness how the actor play the role very well but because of their lines. There are a lot of lines in romantic movies that totally just marked everyone’s minds. So here are some of the notable romantic film lines that everybody knows. Moulin Rouge! Notable Quote: “The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.” This has got to be one of the most romantic line anyone has ever heard in film history. It was said by

Cinematic Codes in Moulin Rouge All four cinematic codes work together in a film to inform the audience's understanding of a film and to convey meaning and the ideology in a preferred reading favoured by the film-maker so that the audience interprets the film in the way intended. In the film Moulin Rouge (Luhrman, 2000, US) the cinematic codes, mise-en-scene, sound, cinematography and editing all work well together in the opening sequence to set up the film-maker's

Be prepared to enter the doors of 2001, with the wise words of Moulin Rouge and the latest popularity at the time. Also ’01 was the year I was born; to be exact on January 10th; the same week that a gunman opened fire on a family. The shooter was identified as Ki Yung Park; he owned a convenience store and was mentally disturbed. The reason he started firing at this family was due to him, accusing that Chung Chang (another business owner) that he was wrecking his business, meddling with his marriage

Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge was Baz Luhrman’s next great success after his polarizing fusion of Shakespearean dialogue and MTV stylisations that was William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Released in 2001 Moulin Rouge caused considerable