Moulin_Rouge

Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge. Dir Baz Luhrman. Perf. Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, John Leguiziamo. Paramount. 2000. Fun at the Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge is the tale of Christian (played remarkably by Ewan McGregor), a penniless Brit who moves to Paris with the intention of being a writer. Upon arriving, he meets several would be artists, such as Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguiziamo) and a narcoleptic Argentinean. This group is of course attempting to write a play and while struggling with the music it is Christian who comes through with the lyrics, mind you he does of course belt out “the hills are alive, with the sound of music,” but the talent is visible nonetheless. After having been discovered, he is soon given the task of securing the Moulin Rouge (a fin de sieclé Studio 54) as an outlet for their production. Thus begins the set up for a case of mistaken identity in which the courtesan Satine (the elegant Nicole Kidman), mistakes Christian for the Duke whom Moulin Rouge owner Harold Zigler (Jim Broadbent), is attempting to secure sponsorship from by promising him Satine in return for money. As luck, fate, and tradition would have it, Satine rouge, moulin, film, christian, songs, satine, music, made, musical, lyrics, love, jim, fun, broadbent, been, attempting, art, write, while, visible, tradition, spectacular, simply, several, seen, rather, postmodern, originality, nicole, mcgregor, madonna, luhrman, leguiziamo, late, kidman