Baz luhrman film study: red curtain cinema

Baz Luhrman was made famous by his three films that come under the title of the 'Red curtain trilogy'. These three films are Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge. Red curtain cinema is a term made up by Luhrman. It is about breaking cinematic rules and boundaries. It is a refreshingly new and unique style of movie making that gets the audience to take part and enjoy the film. Luhrman has established a degree …

…the film modern Baz has highlighted the timelessness of the story. Luhrman has opened the eyes of many of his audiences to ballroom dancing; he has in his film made the rivalry and politics obvious to the audience and thus interesting them into the concept of ballroom dancing. The fact that it is a love story has also helped open peoples eyes to ballroom dancing in a way that they perhaps wouldn't of thought of.