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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 16383
Released: September 10, 2002 |
| Our Price: $17.90 |
| Used Price: $12.99 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Contains: *Moulin Rouge *Moulin Rouge Bonus Disc *Romeo and Juliet Special Edition *Stricly Ballroom *Behind the Red Curtain
Description of Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom / Romeo + Juliet / Moulin Rouge):
Baz Luhrmann has coined the term red curtain cinema for his technique of using theatrical conventions to invigorate films to dazzling and dizzying heights, as shown in the three contained in this set: Strictly Ballroom (1993), William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge (2001). Luhrmann notes the important characteristics of this style: take a well-known myth or fable and set it in a heightened creative world that the audience can participate in. In Strictly Ballroom, it's both David and Goliath and the Ugly Duckling set in the supercharged world of ballroom-dancing competition. For Romeo & Juliet, it's the star-crossed lovers transplanted to modern-day Verona Beach yet still peppered with Shakespeare's iambic pentameter. Moulin Rouge takes the story of Orpheus descending into the underworld in search of love then sets it in 19th-century Paris and adds modern pop songs.
The Red Curtain Trilogy includes these three films in loaded special-edition DVDs (all available separately), with featurettes and commentary tracks by Luhrmann and production designer (and Luhrmann's wife) Catherine Martin among others, and, in the case of Moulin Rouge, a second disc of features. Fans may opt for this trilogy rather than the separate discs because of its exclusive bonus DVD, "Behind the Red Curtain," the centerpiece of which is the documentary "Red Curtain Cinema," in which Luhrmann explains his theory behind this system of storytelling. It's 20 minutes if you watch it straight through, but numerous onscreen links offer two hours of older interviews, clips from other Luhrmann works, scripts, and an example of the Bollywood style. Other items include a 6-minute tour of the "House of Iona" (the home of the Bazmark creative team), and a grab bag of other materials such as all three scripts, DVD-ROM features, and an early example of the "red curtain" style, a pop interpretation of a Benjamin Britten opera excerpt called "Now Until the Light of Day." No doubt Luhrmann fans will consider the Red Curtain Trilogy "spectacular spectacular." --David Horiuchi
Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom / Romeo + Juliet / Moulin Rouge) Reviews:
Good purchase! 
2009-09-11 - The dvds were in good condition and arrived on time. I even had problems with my mail delivery and they re- sent the items again!Great service!
Baz Luhrmann rocks!
2009-02-21 - I really like how Baz Luhrmann's style of moviemaking is so unique. These are very lively movies, with great use of music and color throughout! Moulin Rouge is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time, with such creative use of many pop songs we have all known for years. The "Tango di Roxanne" has got to be one of the greatest movie sequences ever! Talk about using a song in an entirely new way. I have to say that Elton John's "Your Song" has always been my favorite song, and after this movie I had a new version in my head that is equal to the original, but yet so wonderfully different. Moulin Rouge is awesome!
Excellent value for the $
2009-01-18 - My daughter and I love these movies, especially Moulin Rogue. The extras in the set are a lot of fun.
buz lurhman trilogy
2009-01-07 - Exactly as described, arrived in excellent time, good packaging and shipping. Could not have asked for better. Thank you.
good deal
2008-10-16 - well, I'd buy this collection set even only R+J and Moulin Rouge were present in it. Though Strictly ballroom is also quite nice (definitely far not as good as other two). Additional DVD and complimentary videos, interviews etc are quite rich and you can find there some interesting stuff.
