Rouge

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

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

Once is an atypical musical compared to previous screenings for this class – it’s less focused on the traditional “musical” structure like that of West Side Story or Moulin Rouge. Instead of having the story be told through the music, the story is about the music. To accent the various songs throughout the film, various colors are used prominently to symbolize the emotion and atmosphere of the characters and plot. A common visual theme of the film is the use of the color red. Whenever it’s seen

The roads in the Greater Baton Rouge area are almost always in a state of disrepair. Unfortunately the state does not have the funds to repair the road so it’s up to Baton Rouge drivers to make do with what they have. With the roads in such horrible conditions drivers must, use the freeway whenever possible, plan out their routes, and drive carefully in order to avoid traffic accidents. With roads in Baton Rouge is a terrible state, the freeways and interstate highways that have been provided are

From 1975 to 1979 an estimated 1.5 million to 3 million people died in Cambodia as a result of the Khmer Rouge regime and their leader Pol Pot. Pol pot a french taught revolutionary was determined to rid his country of outside influences and establish a type of Socialism based on agriculture. In the name of purifying the Cambodian society; the Khmer Rouge targeted ethnic Chinese, ethnic Vietnamese, ethnic Thai, ethnic Cham, and the religious groups Cambodian Christians and Buddhist monkhood. In addition

The rise of power of the Khmer Rouge guerilla movement was linked to the rule of King Norodom Sihanouk who assumed the power of king after Kampuchea now Cambodia won its independence from French control. During his reign, war and crisis was tearing through Cambodia’s close neighbor Vietnam. The two countries who were involved in the war the United States and North Vietnam both tried to use the lands of Cambodia. Trying to avoid war and conflict from reaching their nation Sihanouk agreed to the proposal

Baton Rouge is the capital of the American state of Louisiana. With a population of 228,895 residents and a wider metropolitan area of 820,159, it is the second largest city in the state. After Austin and Tallahassee, Baton Rouge is the third southernmost capital city in the continental United States. Situated on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 30 miles upstream from New Orleans and 65 miles from the coast, Baton Rouge lies upon the Istrouma Bluff. Because of its favorable location

In April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge rebel group moved into Phnom Penh, seizing power in Cambodia. In December of that same year, two thousand miles away on the other edge of Southeast Asia, the Indonesian military attacked East Timor.1 The Khmer Rouge stayed in power for four years; in these four years nearly a quarter of population in Cambodia died.2 on the other hand the Indonesian military spent the last quarter of the twentieth century involving East Timor; when around one fifth of that little

do is sit and cry. I miss Kalianne so much. She didn’t deserve to be shot, especially at such a young age. She barely started her life and here these soldiers are, ending it before she could even truly begin. There have been rumors that the Khmer Rouge is coming to my refugee camp. I wish to leave and go find you and Meh but I am too scared. I fear that if I even attempt to escape, they will shoot me on sight. I want to stay strong to keep your memory alive, but I’m trying so hard and I still seem

understand what it is truly like to witness everything you hold dear be ripped from you. The citizens of Cambodia had dealt with this type treatment under the Khmer Rouge. My role in the simulation was portraying Ka Chon, a representative from Cambodian Mothers for Justice. Half of her family is deceased because of the Khmer Rouge. Her husband and son were killed by the regime. Two of