In an interview, when director Baz Luhrmann was asked about his inspiration for Moulin Rouge! he responded that it was from an time when he went to India and saw a four hour Bollywood film. He remarked that it blew him away with how over-the-top and dramatic it was and that he was inspired to make a Western film in the same vein. Having seen Moulin Rouge! I can't help but imagine that he succeeded. Moulin Rouge! is by far one of the most energetic, impassioned, and frantic films that I have ever seen. Even more, it takes itself deathly seriously, taking the Bohemian cry "Truth, beauty, freedom, and love" like a Biblical maxim. The film takes a simple story, a young writer falls in love with a prostitute, and blows it up to the most unimaginable extremes possible with an array of fantastical characters, frenetic editing, and bombastic songs. A jukebox musical, Moulin Rouge! subsists on popular songs from the 20th century instead of writing any new material. But, hey, if Singin' in the Rain can pull it off, then I can give this film a pass. I have to give Luhrmann some credit for the ending. In an age of forced happy endings, it's nice to see a film that has the balls to pull out the stops and go for high tragedy.
7/10
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