MOULIN ROUGE

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"

Moulin Rouge. If anyone has yet to see this classic musical, then shame on you. This beautiful romance is a wonderfully tragic love story, much like something so classic as Romeo and Juliet. Their story also ends with a terrible death but is surrounded by a love that will last forever. I could probably rant and rave about Moulin Rouge all day and night but I’ll just stick with giving a systematic analysis. The film begins with a sort of montage because it starts with a writer telling his story of something that happened one year ago. The film takes place in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s in London (the summer of love). The central theme is about love overcoming all obstacles. The Moulin Rouge is a night club where, Satine, a cortisone is suppose to meet a rich duke but instead meets a penniless writer by mistake and falls in love with him. Christian moves to London to write about love and ends up writing a play called ‘Spectacular Spectacular’. Their love is forbidden because Satine is suppose to be with a duke that invests his money into the Moulin Rouge for the play and becomes insanely jealous. Christian and Satine are deeply in love with each other and express it in multiple classic songs throughout the film. “The hills are alive with the sound of music”. 

                The graphics and special effects in Moulin Rouge create a somewhat trippy tone. I say this referencing many innuendos the writer makes about sex, drugs, as well as alcohol. The bright colors in almost every scene emphasize the great amount of feelings and emotions that present the central theme of beauty, truth and love. The editor used fast straight cuts especially during the dancing scenes in the movie to show chaos and how fun it’s supposed to be at this risky night club. I can’t even express how obsessed I was the first time I viewed this movie. It has a wonderful storyline and doesn’t have a ‘happily ever after’ ending like most love stories these days. The majority of the shots throughout the movie are either wide or middle probably because of the number of extras there are for talent. 

                Luhrmann used so many fantastic shots to show comedy and romance at the same time. This film was definitely effective in my opinion. The soundtrack is one the main reasons why this movie became so successful and popular. I’m not going to lie; I have the entire soundtrack on my iPhone. Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor do a wonderful job playing the two lovers in this classic musical.        

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