Moulin Rouge! (2000)

A bohemian poet from the end of the 19th century manages to become the screenwriter for a play put together by the famous Moulin Rouge, and falls in love with the establishment's star at the same time as the main investor of the project.

'Moulin Rouge' is a neverending love story in the form of a highly acclaimed musical inspired by Alexandre Dumas's 'La Dame aux Camélias'. Baz Luhrmann uses intensely colorful and almost ostentatiously stylized sceneries, original music interspersed with fragments of famous cult songs, a simple script but very much evoking of the same bohemian spirit that is much talked about in the film in a most inspiring way and he has attracted and still attracts the hearts of many romantics, whether they are fans of musicals or not.

Director:  Baz Luhrmann   

With: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Lequizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Jacek Koman, Kerry Walker, David Wenham, Kylie Minogue, Ozzy Osbourne

Rating: 10/10

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Versiune hiper stilizata si deloc necesara a binecunoscutului roman.

Leonardo DiCaprio, obisnuit cu repertorii violente in manifestare si generatoare de aclamatii, reuseste sa forteze luptele interne ale personajului prea mult in exterior in contrast cu imaginea mai subtila si dandy al lui Gatsby cu care fanii frumoasei povesti s-au obisnuit.

Nu neg abilitatea filmului de a-si intretine publicul, dar sincer am preferat varianta veche a filmului, cu un mult mai potrivit Robert Redford si chiar Mia Farrow. Avand in vedere ca aceea e o ecranizare mult criticata de...fanii cititori nu e deloc o bila alba pentru Baz Luhrman, care fusese fara pata pana acum.

Scenariu: Baz Luhrmann si Craig Pearce (scenariu); 
                F. Scott Fitzgerald (roman)
Regia: Baz Luhrmann
Cu: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher