Moulin Rouge 紅磨坊

When Baz Luhrmann goes to work, the result is always something unique. Luhrmann specializes in creating mythological worlds and then heightening the viewer's experience of them with expert techniques and unconventional concepts. His last project was Romeo and Juliet, in which he brought Shakespeare's Elizabethan poetry to a postmodern setting. This year he focuses on nineteenth-century France in Moulin Rouge, where it seems that everyone is breaking out into song, and to boot, they're singing familiar modern pop songs.

The movie stars Ewan McGregor, recently of Star Wars fame, and Nicole Kidman. The former plays a penniless poet who goes against his father's wishes by moving to the Bohemian Monmartre, France, and entering its sordid world of sex, drugs, and fast living. He is hired to create an extravaganza for the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub, and during his time there, he falls in love with the nightclub's highest-paid entertainer and courtesan, Satine, played by Kidman.

The story is a tragedy, but the movie is something else altogether. Those who disparaged the Romeo and Juliet experience, whether they were Shakespeare shunners, or purists, or simply sticks in the mud, might be prepared to quibble over Moulin Rouge. Moviegoers will certainly discover a whole new association between modern English pop and historical France. Likely, however, they will find themselves seduced by an experience that is at once familiar and strange, and altogether amazing.

By the time tall Australian redhead Nicole Kidman was three years old, she had already taken up ballet.

She continued showing an interest in performing and enrolled in drama school at the age of ten. After racking up a string of lesser-known credits, she caught the attention of agents with a stellar performance in Dead Calm, in which her character is forced to defend herself against a murderous psychopath on a yacht.

Kidman also caught the attention of Tom Cruise, who insisted she play a part in Days of Thunder. The two hit it off, and moved in together soon after shooting was finished. Kidman would not be satisfied with simply being Mrs. Tom Cruise, however. She has held her own in Hollywood, starring with such heavy hitters as Dustin Hoffman and George Clooney. Her recent separation from Cruise is mourned by fans, but will not likely put a damper on Kidman's progress.

As she expands her repertoire, Kidman proves time and again that she is capable of turning on the intensity. She did so to much acclaim in To Die For, where she plays a TV weather announcer with a plan to ice her husband. The movie opened up a wide range of possibilities for Kidman, and since then she has worked with movie greats Jane Campion and Stanley Kubrick. Currently, Kidman takes the lead opposite Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge, the latest film from director Baz Luhrmann.

只要貝茲路曼著手工作，就總會有些特別的結果。路曼擅長創造神話的世界，他通過熟練的手法和非常規的理念，提升觀眾對于神話的認識。在他最近的一部作品，《羅密歐與 朱麗葉》中,路曼賦予了這部莎士比亞戲劇一個后現代派的風格。今年，他又把注意力集中到了十九世紀法國的《紅磨坊》一劇上。在劇中,角色個個開口唱歌，唱的甚至是人們非常熟悉的現代流行歌曲！

這部電影由主演《星球大戰》而聲名大噪的伊旺·麥奎格及妮可·基曼領銜主演。前者飾演一名身無分文的詩人，因違背了父親的意愿，而浪跡在充斥著性愛、毒品、放蕩而墮落的法國蒙馬特地區。他在知名的紅磨坊俱樂部工作，負責一個娛樂秀的創作，就在這段時間，他同 妮可·基曼飾演的莎婷小姐墜入情網。她是這家俱樂部里薪水最高的表演者，但她同時也是個高級娼妓。

這個故事原本是個悲劇，電影中則融入了一些其他的元素。那些把《羅密歐與朱麗葉》一劇貶得一文不值的人，包括無論是莎士比亞的忠實擁護者也好，還是純粹主義者，或根本就是頑固不化的人也好，這下都可以再對《紅磨坊》好好評論一番了。觀眾們一定會發現，這部電影把現代英語流行樂和法國史實做了個前所未有的融合。觀眾很可能也會發現自己已經神魂顛倒，迷醉在這種既熟悉又陌生，卻又處處充滿驚喜的體驗之中。

妮可·基曼，這位身材高挑的澳洲裔紅發美女，三歲時就開始學習芭蕾舞。由于她不斷地顯示出對表演的興趣，十歲時便進入了戲劇學校。歷經了好一段三流演員的日子后，她終于以在《飛越地平線》中的亮麗演出獲得經紀人的青睞。在片中，她所扮演的角色曾被迫在帆船上抵抗一名兇殘的精神病患者。

妮可·基曼也吸引了湯姆克魯斯的目光，他堅持讓她在《霹靂男兒》片中扮演一個角色。拍攝期間兩人情投意合，電影拍攝結束后不久便共筑愛巢了。然而 妮可·基曼并不想僅僅以做克魯斯夫人為滿足，她在好萊塢有自己的一片天地。達斯汀霍夫曼、喬治克魯尼等重量級巨星都曾與她聯袂演出。最近她和湯姆克魯斯的分手讓影迷惋惜不已，但這并不會對她的前途造成任何影響。

在拓展戲路的同時，妮可·基曼一次又一次地向世人證明她是能夠擔當重任的。她在《愛的機密》所飾演的一個計劃要把丈夫冰凍起來的氣象預報員這個角色，就為她贏得許多喝采。這部影片為她展開了寬闊的戲路，由此她便開始與珍妮康柏恩、史坦利古柏力克等影界名人共同出演影片了。最近，在由貝茲路曼所執導的最新影片《紅磨坊》中，由她擔任女主角與 伊旺·麥奎格出演對手戲。