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Baz Luhrmann
Pam Cook
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Description for Baz Luhrmann
Hardback. Baz Luhrmann's reputation as an innovator rests on the evidence of the three films known as the Red Curtain Trilogy: "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), William Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge!" (2001). This title offers a study of the work of this Australian film-maker. It aims to explore the genesis of the Red Curtain aesthetic. Series: World Directors. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
This is the first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today. Luhrmann's reputation as an innovator rests on the evidence of the three films known as the Red Curtain Trilogy: Strictly Ballroom (1992), William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001), which together demonstrate the development of a highly distinctive style and brand.
Pam Cook, who was given unprecedented access to the Luhrmann private archives, explores the genesis of the Red Curtain aesthetic, from Luhrmann's early ... Read more
This is the first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today. Luhrmann's reputation as an innovator rests on the evidence of the three films known as the Red Curtain Trilogy: Strictly Ballroom (1992), William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001), which together demonstrate the development of a highly distinctive style and brand.
Pam Cook, who was given unprecedented access to the Luhrmann private archives, explores the genesis of the Red Curtain aesthetic, from Luhrmann's early ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
World Directors
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844571574
SKU
V9781844571574
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About Pam Cook
PAM COOK is Professor Emerita in Film at the University of Southampton. She is the editor of The Cinema Book Third Edition (2007) and Gainsborough Pictures (1997), and the author of Fashioning the Nation: Costume and Identity in British Cinema (1996), I Know Where I'm Going! (2002) and Screening the Past: Memory and Nostalgia in Cinema (2005).
Reviews for Baz Luhrmann
"Cook reveals Luhrmann as salutary model for a nationalist independent's survival in the global art/industry of movies... Recommended." - CHOICE