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Moulin Rouge! Review

Moulin Rouge! Review

The main character, Christian, is an English writer who comes to Paris during the Bohemian movement. He falls in love with the singer of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, Satine, who suffers from a terminal case of Tuberculosis. Satine is a worldly and beautiful courtesan who believes that diamonds are a girl's best friend. She wants money and not love from her gentlemen clients, yet she dreams of leaving the show to become a real actress. Through mistaken identity, Satine believes Christian is a wealthy and powerful Duke who will invest in the cabaret's new show and make her a star. Satine is at first taken with Christian's poetry but is shocked to realize he is actually a penniless writer. Christian and Satine fall madly in love, while Harold Zidler, the Moulin Rouge's manager and a father figure to Satine, struggles to keep the Duke interested in the show even though Satine has not yet spent the night with him.

The romantics were a group of artists, actors, writers and singers who believed in Bohemian ideals. These disenchanted people of all sorts wished to live lifestyles contrary to tradition and held ideals of beauty, passion, freedom, truth but above all things, love.

A scene where the ideals of the romantics were played out was in the final scene of the film, where Christian and Satine are singing about their love for each other. Christian had turned his back on Satine but then she began to sing to him. Christian was slow to turn back but eventually did so. This demonstrated the romantic ideals that throughout all things this shows that love prevails.

Colour was used throughout the film with great effect. The bright and flamboyant colours used in the Moulin Rouge and that were worn by the performers suggests an atmosphere of happiness and positivism. This is sense is created were Christian is in the elephant room with Satine, decorated with colour on the walls, the floor but particularly the bed and furniture in the room. When the...