A little Blog about film : My favourite film of all time

That is a really hard question for most of us what can we even describe as out favourite film?

For some it might be the first film that made them go WOW! Or they have really read up on and thought this is amazing i have to go and see it.

Whatever the reason, Favourite films can define a moment in that person's life.

Anyway enough of that!!!!!

Now you are wondering what is your favourite film of all time?

This is a film that I would consider to be the first film that actually got me interested and drew me in although it is not the most conventional since my last post was about Dredd.

It's Moulin Rouge!

The 2001 Musical by director Baz Luhrmann staring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.

Set in 1900's Paris the story is about the legendary night club The Moulin Rouge.

From the word go I was intrigued with the whole imagery and concept of the film. Baz Luhamann who is best known for his modern remake of Romeo and Juliet (1996) staring Leonardo DiCaprio, known for it's stylised cinematography and miss en scene with fast flowing edits throughout and quirky camera work through out.
This was apparent in Moulin Rouge with Luhrmann's writing and directing style shinning through the film itself.
With a mixture of crazy editing and fast motion camera work, it's an feast for all the senses, with modern music classic's remastered and mixed together with classic show tunes from the Classic Hollywood era.

One of my favourite scenes is the 'Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend' sequence when we are first introduced to Satine (Nicole Kidman). The interesting thing about this is the actual way the sequence has been constructed, the way that Luhrmann has Satine sat on a swing in mid air floating down with glittered falling down around her the lighting being a blue colour. If you read into that lighting it can mean that she is in fact a Diamond herself which is actually suggested in the film, but also the cold harsh reality that this is her life, cold and no feelings... she is not allowed to love.
The thing that is clever is using an old Hollywood Classic song originally sang by Marilyn Monroe in the classic musical 'Some Like It Hot' with a modern twist to relate to a new audience by adding Madonna's 'Material Girl'.

(Above Image of Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend Sequence)

The other sequence that caught my eye and made me actually get goosebumps was the rendition of Roxanne originally sung and recorded by The Police.
This is a beautiful moody dance sequence, with the Tango being at the forefront of this, the beauty of the actual dance sequence, the cameras sweep around the Dancers making them the scene , it's like camera is in fact taking part in the dance itself.