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Saturday, January 16, 2010


I watched Moulin Rouge! again yesterday. That would mean I've watched it at least 10 times in my entire life.

You know what's weird, though? I haven't gotten sick of it. Ever. If I had nothing better to do today, I'd go over to my room and watch it again. I love the movie THAT much.

Every time I watch Moulin Rouge!, I feel like I want to be some sort of revolutionary. It made me feel bad that I wasn't around during the Bohemian Revolution. It's just the music and art and poetry of it all.

Not to mention the blessed ideals of

I know that those ideals were a huge deal only in the movie, but when you think about it, those ideals are exactly what the revolution should've... well, revolved around. D:

Come to think of it, I would've fit right in with the Bohemians, though I wouldn't have been hanging around the red-light districts, or drinking too much absinthe, or taking drugs, or what. o_o;

Moulin Rouge! (Along with La Fabeuleux Destin d' Amélie Poulain) has made me want to travel to Montmartre one day. I've always wanted to go to France, but I think when I go there, I'd spend much of my time on the that wonderful city on the hill.

Although I've heard that as time went by, the Bohemian culture in Montmartre began disappearing... That makes me sad. The following article came up when I was researching Montmartre:
In La Bohème (1965), perhaps the best-known song by popular singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour, a painter recalls his youthful years in a Montmartre that has ceased to exist: Je ne reconnais plus/Ni les murs, ni les rues/Qui ont vu ma jeunesse/En haut d'un escalier/Je cherche l'atelier/Dont plus rien ne subsiste/Dans son nouveau décor/Montmartre semble triste/Et les lilas sont morts ('I no longer recognize/Neither the walls nor the streets/That had seen my youth/At the top of a staircase/I look for a studio-apartment/Of which nothing survives/In its new décor/Montmartre seems sad/And the lilacs are dead'). The song is a farewell to what, according to Aznavour, were the last days of Montmartre as a site of bohemian activity.
Taken from the Wikipedia article on Montmartre.

Quite depressing.

But my desires are not dampened. :] I will visit Montmartre one day. Come with me?

Anyway, back to movie praise.

If you're fond of art or romance films, and you haven't seen this movie, I suggest you go and watch it. You won't be disappointed. Baz Luhrmann is a genius.

Moulin Rouge! also has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard (Well, for goodness' sake, it is a musical.). The music comes from songs that had already existed before the movie, but they managed to make each rendition sound absolutely amazing. I'll admit, I wasn't fond of a few songs (i.e. "Like a Virgin" xD), but most were astounding. As I've mentioned, "Complainte de la Butte" is one of my favorites.

I'd think that my favorite song from the entire soundtrack would have to be, "Come What May," which is the only song written for the movie, if I remember correctly. There were two versions of it, and I love both, but I think that the original film version has more emotional depth than the other version. Regardless, here are the OFV, the other version, and the lyrics.

Another song of note would be the, "Elephant Love Medley" where different songs were cleverly arranged and put together to form a sweet little medley. ^^ I know the entire song by heart, even the spoken parts. I tried singing it in the streets the other day, and people were looking at me like I was some sort of loon. <3 I bet they'd look at you like you were some sort of loon too, if you tried singing the medley by yourself. In the middle of the streets, no less. ;D

I think it should be safe to say that I love Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.

Ewan has such a powerful voice... It's hard to believe that he never was a professional singer. I get goosebumps when I hear him sing. Dx

Nicole has always been my favorite actress, but her performance in Moulin Rouge! is what really made me love her. Her vocal performance was surprising. I never would've guessed that she could sing. I also hear that she plays piano. >_< She's also one of the most beautiful people in the world. Seriously. That woman is gorgeous.

When I realized that Ewan and Nicole never got together in real life, I sort of got sad. >: There was just so much chemistry between them! Oh well...

I guess I have nothing left to say except...

VIVE LE VIE DE BOHÈME!


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