One of my favorite films. It is spectacle at its finest; the perfect example of post-modernism. It is fun, flashy, sexy, and just damned wonderful.

Recently I watched Moulin Rouge again; something I hadn’t seen in four years; and I was struck by the use of contemporary music within an exagerrated historical world. So many elements of the movie would not have worked on their own. Yet in the context of this world they blend together beautifully. The combination of comedy and tragedy appeals to me as well…