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Moulin Rouge
Two quick things
One silly that popped into my head: why is the plural of box ‘boxes’ when the plural of ox is ‘oxen’? You just have to love the English language, don’t you?
Second thing — Moulin Rouge! Yay! Picked it up today at lunch…now I just can’t wait to get home so I can watch it. Future project: creating my own 2-CD soundtrack by running my DVD’s audio output into my computer so that I can burn the entire movie to audio CD. The official soundtrack is certainly wonderful, but there were so many other songs that I wanted to be able to listen to…and now I’ll have them! Woohoo!
Moulin Rouge
In happier news, I went out to see Moulin Rouge this evening, and just loved it. I don’t think it’ll be a major hit with the general public, but anyone involved in theater, music, or both should fall in love with this movie. Baz Luhrmann (the director of Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet) is a genius in my book right now. The production was absolutely incredible, absolutely visually gorgeous (there are so many single frames I’d love to have framed and hung on the wall just to stare at), and musically a delightful smorgasbord of songs and styles. I was completely drawn into the entire thing, and walked out of the theater just amazed at the show I’d just seen. Much of it feels to me like it would have made a wonderful stage musical, but by doing it on screen, they were able to do so much more to it to make it even more visually appealing through effects and camera work. The entire movie is a lush, sumptious feast for the eyes and ears. Wonderful, wonderful film.