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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 (b. 1962) 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 four Academy Awards for her work with Luhrmann.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Stepping Out : Behind the Scenes of Strictly Ballroom, single work interview
- More Than Romance Colors Strictly Ballroom, single work interview
- Romeo + Juliet : "Appear Thou in the Likeness of a Sigh . . .", single work interview
- Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, single work interview
- Baz on the Bard, single work interview
- Shakespeare in the Cinema : A Cineaste Interview, single work interview
- Baz Luhrmann, single work interview
- Broadly Speaking, single work interview
- The Director : Baz Luhrmann, single work interview
- Moulin Rouge!, single work interview
- Millennial Mambo : Baz Luhrmann Messes with the Musical because He Can-can, single work interview
- The Man behind the Red Curtain, single work interview
- Baz Luhrmann : The Ringmaster, single work interview
- Baz Luhrmann, single work interview
- Closing the Red Curtain with La Boheme, single work interview
- Australia : Baz Luhrmann Interview, single work interview
- Strictly Luhrmann : Where He Leads, We Will Follow, single work interview
- The Romantic, single work interview
- Baz Luhrmann's Despair, Drive, and Gamble behind Great Gatsby, single work interview
- Past is Present in New Gatsby, single work column