EPIC showcases the King in his court While in the process of making Elvis, director Baz Luhrmann, was informed there was footage shot for the concert films That’s the Way it Is, and Elvis in Concert, that had never been used. The problem was, no one knew where it had been stored. His production assistants […]
Baz Luhrmann
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Fitzgerald’s Gatsby survives Luhrmann’s grandiose approach
Director Baz Luhrmann is one of the more polemic filmmakers working today. While many praise his modern take on the Bard with his Romeo Juliet (1996) and his radical musical Moulin Rouge (2001), others are equally adamant that he’s a stylistic hack who lets his elaborate visuals and seizure-inducing editing-style suffocate his innovative narratives. I […]
