Baz Luhrmann

directors often add their own unique personality to their films. Baz Luhrmann is no exception to this, since his background has greatly influenced his directing style. Born in 1962 in Sydney, Australia, he has extensive knowledge in ballroom dancing, theater, and music. Because of this, Luhrmann enjoys including theatrical details that derive from his colorful past, giving them a show-like quality that make his movies stand out. Luhrmann seamlessly incorporates his past into his movies. Because he

This 2012 Baz Luhrmann version of The Great Gatsby comes to life with its vibrancy and party-like spectacles. Baz Luhrmann does a miraculous job of creating a mood for the story, as well as having a knack for blending its contemporary jazz with modern hip hop music to add excitement to the movie.This 2012 The Great Gatsby follows along with the plot line of the original book better than the 1974 version, which makes it easier to comprehend background information. Besides the years that the

Lost in The Valley of Ashes Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 highly anticipated rendition of the poignant love story The Great Gatsby, is awarded for his sumptuous sets, glamorous costumes and of course his venerable casting. However, does the intricate Baz Lurhman successfully convey the complex themes in Fitzgerald’s classic? Rachel Spackman scrutinizes and compares the latest films’ rendition of the novel. Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant production of the classic ‘The Great Gatsby’ is filled with lavish visual

The Great Luhrmann The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann, takes a slight modern spin on the original story written F. Scott Fitzgerald. Luhrmann captures the essence of the 1920’s phenomenally, while adding current day characteristics. The Great Gatsby shows brilliance and self-indulgence and the movie truly illustrated those concepts. Unlike the original story, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) tells the story of his adventures with Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), from a mental asylum to his

In the film “The Great Gatsby” Directed by Baz Luhrmann, I was surprised by their extravagant, self-indulgent lifestyle and their need for always wanting more and never being satisfied with what they had. I also thought it was very unbecoming how they thought the only way they could be liked or to have friends was to have money. Luhrmann displayed, this need using bright lighting, camera work, glamorous costumes, defining settings, strong theme and a plot which was unpredictable at times. Luhrmann's

The themes of love and passion can be deeply explored through the cinematic techniques used in Baz Luhrmann's 1997 recreation of William Shakespeare's ‘Romeo & Juliet’ and James Cameron’s romantic disaster film ‘Titanic’. Through the eyes of these directors, we can see how they’ve introduced passion, love and hatred into the characters, as well as the storylines. Although the settings in the two movies are completely different, the plotline of their relationships were remarkably similar. Despite

There are countless ways to interpret a Shakespeare play, particularly the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In the 1996 adaptation, Romeo + Juliet, director Baz Luhrmann uses film techniques such as shadows, contrast between actors and background, the interruption of non-diegetic sounds with brief diegetic sounds, close-up shots, shots from varying angles, and cuts to different faces in order to show the similarity of Romeo and Juliet and the difficulties that lie ahead for their relationship. These

Letter to Baz Luhrmann James Tripovich Green To Mr Baz Luhrmann, I, James Tripovich Green, have decided that I should contact you on the subject I’m sure you have had many letters about in the past. Romeo + Juliet. I feel there was far too much hate directed towards your movie, and so I have taken it upon myself to give you an outline of what you did well in case you were feeling that the movie was a failure, because it definitely wasn’t, even if there were some slight mistakes. First and foremost

Australian Visions Strictly ballroom by Baz Luhrman is a specular film that conveys many Australian Visions from beginning to end. It is a story of an individual, who wants to do his own steps, failing his partner. Fran an ugly duckling of a beginner class offers Scott partnership. Fran persistence and ideas convince Scott to dance their own steps on the Pan-Pacific championship displaying multiculturalism and breaking competitions under conformity. The composer has used many techniques like camera

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