Baz Luhrmann - The Red Curtain Trilogy
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is a Golden Globe and Academy award-nominated Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy. Luhrmann was born in Sydney to a ballroom dance teacher/dress shop owner mother, and Leonard Luhrmann, a farmer. He was raised in Herons Creek, a tiny rural settlement in northern New South Wales, where his father ran a petrol station and a movie theater, both of which would influence his son's film-making career.
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Luhrmann Video ClipsFollow the link to view a range of YouTube clips of Baz Luhrmann's work. You can view his music video Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen, his Chanel No5 advert - the most expensive television commercial of all time, as well as a range of trailers for his four films to date - Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and Australia.
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Strictly Baz - BBC's Culture ShowFollow the link to view "Strictly Baz", a documentary programme for the BBC's Culture Show with visionary director Baz Luhrmann discussing his career and giving a fascinating insight into the making of his films. There are interviews with Baz Luhrmann, his co-writer Craig Pearce, his wife and collaborater Catherine Martin, as well as members of the cast and crew including Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
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Strictly BallroomBaz Luhrmann launched his cinematic career with the 1992 film, Strictly Ballroom, a romantic comedy centred around the world of competitive ballroom dancing in Australia.
Follow the link to the Australian Screen Education website and access three clips from the film and curator's notes to aid your anyalsis. |
Romeo + JulietRomeo + Juliet is the result of a unique vision from director, Baz Luhrmann. While the dialogue is strictly Shakespearian, the lavishly detailed settings, intensity of the music, and sweeping movements of the camera are pure Luhrmann.
Follow the link to the Australian Screen Education website and access three clips from the film and curator's notes to aid your anyalsis. |
Moulin Rouge!Moulin Rouge! was a risky venture for director Baz Luhrmann but is a tour de force of imagination and appropriation. It is a celebration of truth, beauty, freedom, but above all things, love - set in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Paris nightclub, circa 1899. Follow the link to the Australian Screen Education website and access three clips from the film and curator's notes to aid your anyalsis.
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Australian Screen EducationThis website is designed to help teachers and students make the most of the wide range of moving image resources on the site. The clips in this collection are accompanied by teachers’ notes created by specialist curriculum writers. Expert curators’ notes also provide useful background material. Follow the above link for resources on Baz Luhrmann films.
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Baz the Great! - FansiteBaz the Great! is an Australian run fansite that has been created to pay tribute to Baz Luhrmann and his remarkable achievements. This fansite features detailed sections about each of Luhrmann's major projects, as well as providing some facts about the man himself.
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Baz Luhrmann InterviewFollow the link to read an extensive interview with Baz Luhrmann and Dan Kelly. They discuss all of Luhrmann's films and upcoming projects and Luhrmann explains some of his stylistic choices which will be very helpful when analysing his movies. |
Songs of Luhrmann FilmsClick to see music videos and lyrics from the main theme songs from Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy - "Time After Time" from Strictly Ballroom, "Lovefool" from Romeo + Juliet, and "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge!
These song lyrics can be anaylsed as a Poetry Collection for Short Text Essays, or as practise for the Unfamiliar Text Comprehension. |
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