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Though he has made only five films in two decades—Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, and the Oscar-nominated films Moulin Rouge!, Australia, and The Great Gatsby—Australian writer-director Baz Luhrmann is an internationally known brand name. His name has even entered the English language as a verb, as in "to Baz things up," meaning "to decorate them with an exuberant flourish." Celebrated by some, loathed by others, his work is underscored by what has been described as "an aesthetic of artifice" and is notable for both its glittering surfaces and recurring concerns.
In this collection of interviews, Luhrmann discusses his methods and his motives, explaining what has been important to him and his collaborators from the start and how he has been able to maintain an independence from the studios that have backed his films. He also speaks about his other artistic endeavors, including stage productions of La Bohème and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and his wife and collaborative partner Catherine Martin, who has received two Academy Awards for her work with Luhrmann.
In this collection of interviews, Luhrmann discusses his methods and his motives, explaining what has been important to him and his collaborators from the start and how he has been able to maintain an independence from the studios that have backed his films. He also speaks about his other artistic endeavors, including stage productions of La Bohème and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and his wife and collaborative partner Catherine Martin, who has received two Academy Awards for her work with Luhrmann.
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Index
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ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission)
Abrahams, Josh
“Absolution” (short story)
Academy Awards (Oscars)
Ace Hotel (New York)
Acme Sound
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (film)
AFC (Australian Film Commission)
Affleck, Ben
Aguilera, Christina
Ahbez, Eden
Armfield, Neil
Armstrong, Craig
Artaud, Antonin
Australian Opera
Baghdad Café (film)
Bahrenburg, Bruce
Baxter, Warner
Bazmark; source of name
Beatles
Beau Geste (film)
Belsey, Catherine
Berger, John
Beyoncé
Beyond International
Bilcock, Jill
Blue Room, The (play)
Boe, Alfred
Bolan, Marc
Bollywood
Bond, The
Bono
Bosch, Hieronymus
Bowie, David
Bradshaw, Peter
Brammall, Patrick
Branagh, Kenneth
Brando, Marlon
Brecht, Bertolt
Brenon, Herbert
Britten, Benjamin
Broadbent, Jim
Brooks Brothers
Brown, Bryan
Brown, Martin
Brunette, Peter
Brush, Basil
Bulgakov, Mikhail
Burgess, Anthony
Cameron, James
Campion, Jane
Cannes Film Festival
Capote, Truman
Cardigans, The
Carter, Shawn “Jay-Z,”
Chanel No. 5
Chekhov, Anton
Chernin, Peter
Cineaste
Clayton, Jack
Clift, Montgomery
Clinton, Bill
Complete Post
Cook, Pam
Coppola, Francis Ford
Country Practice, A (television)
Crocodile Dundee (film)
Crooks, David
Cruise, Tom
Cukor, George
Dancing with the Stars (television)
Danes, Claire
Davis, Judy
Davis, Owen
Debicki, Elizabeth
Debussy, Claude
De Laurentiis, Dino
Denby, David
De Niro, Robert
Dennehy, Brian
Depp, Johnny
de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri
de Vries, Marius
Dial M for Murder (film)
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Dirty Dancing (film)
Dogme
Dr. Dre
Duggan, Simon
Duigan, John, on working with Luhrmann
Edelstein, David
Edgerton, Joel
EMI
Evans, Robert
Fanshen (play)
Farrell, Colin
Farrow, John
Farrow, Mia
Far Side of Paradise, The (biography)
Fellini, Federico
FFC (Film Finance Corporation)
Fisher, Carrie
Fisher, Lucy
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Flaubert, Gustave
Flynn, Errol
Friday, Gavin
G (film, 2002)
Garcia, Jesus
Garland, Judy
Garrick, David
Glee (television)
Golden Globe Awards
Gone with the Wind (film)
Gotye
Gravity Falls (television)
Grease (film)
Great Gatsby, The (film, 1926)
Great Gatsby, The (film, 1949)
Great Gatsby, The (film, 1974)
Great Gatsby, The (p...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Filmography
- Stepping Out: Behind the Scenes of Strictly Ballroom
- More than Romance Colors Strictly Ballroom
- Romeo + Juliet: “Appear Thou in the Likeness of a Sigh . . .”
- Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
- Baz on the Bard
- Shakespeare in the Cinema: A Cineaste Interview
- Baz Luhrmann
- Broadly Speaking
- The Director: Baz Luhrmann
- Moulin Rouge!
- Millennial Mambo: Baz Luhrmann Messes with the Musical Because He Can-Can
- The Man behind the Red Curtain
- Baz Luhrmann: The Ringmaster
- Baz Luhrmann
- Closing the Red Curtain with La Boheme
- Australia: Baz Luhrmann Interview
- Strictly Luhrmann: Where He Leads, We Will Follow
- The Romantic
- Baz Luhrmann’s Despair, Drive, and Gamble behind Great Gatsby
- Past Is Present in the New Gatsby
- Appendix: Notes from John Duigan and Geoffrey Nottage
- Additional Resources
- Index
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