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Mood:
- OffbeatSentimentalStylizedCaptivatingAtmosphericSexyBittersweet
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Plot:
- Performer's LifeFall in LoveSocial DifferencesTragic LoveShowbizArtists and ShowbizLifestyleLove and Romance more...
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Genres:
- MusicalPeriodRomancePostmodernism
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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Place:
- ParisNightclub
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Audience:
- Date Night
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEssentialModern ClassicOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- Twists and TurnsSurreal
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealisticFast
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Score:
- PopRock
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Moulin Rouge, 2001
English, French, Spanish
Australia, USA
Profile of Moulin Rouge
The mood of Moulin Rouge is offbeat, stylized, and sentimental. The plot centers around tragic love, the life of a performer, and showbiz. It is a romance, period, and musical movie. Stylistically, Moulin Rouge is postmodernist, is surreal, and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is realistic. The pacing is fast. Moulin Rouge takes place, at least partly, at a nightclub. The setting is Paris. It happens in the 19th century. The musical score of Moulin Rouge is pop and rock. The movie is known for being a modern classic, essential viewing, and an award winner. It is especially suggested for a date night.
Summary of Moulin Rouge
Cross LA BOHÈME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the notorious Montmartre cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge. Directed by Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, STRICTLY BALLROOM), the movie stars Nicole Kidman as the high-kicking courtesan, Satine; Ewan McGregor as the sensitive poet, Christian; and John Leguizamo as the flamboyant artist and matchmaker, Toulouse-Lautrec. Luhrmann's use of eclectic lighting and saturated color, the fast zooms and quick cuts of his camera, and his magnificent costumes and sets perfectly capture the excess and freneticism for which the Moulin Rouge was famous. Beautifully led by McGregor and Kidman, the flawless supporting cast brings to life the culture of belle époque Paris with magical realism. Above all, the anachronistic, energetic contemporary soundtrack is what drives MOULIN ROUGE, with popular songs by L'il Kim, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, and Beck--as well as Kidman and McGregor adding their own superb vocals.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Spanish |
| Country: | Australia, USA |
| Release date: | 16 May 2001 |
| Runtime: | 127 min |
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as Satine
as Christian
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- by: Todd McCarthy
Salon.com
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- by: Stephanie Zacharek
Users Reviews
- 04.February.2012
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- by: Daisy
- Daisy rated this movie
9/10Amazing
- 30.June.2010
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- by: Rodney Wollam
- Rodney Wollam rated this movie
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