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dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	I've noticed that not too many people have been talking about a film that is just loaded with music! Namely, MOULIN ROUGE. I enjoyed how the songs and score meshed together, and it was nearly constant throughout the entire film..... did anyone else get a chance to see it? What did you all think? <SHAMELESS PLUG> The first part of a multi-part article now online over at http://www.filmmusic.com/ This series will be exploring the music of MOULIN ROUGE through interviews with the integral crew members on that film. First up, we focus on The Songs of MOULIN ROUGE with an exclusive interview with Music Director Marius de Vries, and Music Supervisor Anton Monsted. Soon to follow will be The Score of MOULIN ROUGE - keep an eye out for it! </SHAMELESS PLUG> Dan
posted 06-11-2001 06:17 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	The audience started laughing during the Roxanne tango. A man stood up in the middle of the film and yelled, "This is the WORST FU*KING MOVIE I've ever seen!" and walked out. Funny! Shaun
posted 06-11-2001 06:40 PM PT (US)

Reddi Oscar® Winner	This is , in terms VISUALLY, the greatest film I've ever seen. period. I mean, can you imagine the EFFORT Baz and his crew put into this film? It was phenomenal. The songs were also wonderfully mixed. :QUESTION: Was copyright issues(perhaps) that prevented many of the spinoff songs from being released on the CD? I found many tracks I saw in the film, absent from what I found in the CD? reddi
posted 06-11-2001 08:39 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	No, it had nothing to do with copyright issues. From what I understand (it's in the interview), Baz wanted the soundtrack album to differ from the film. Maybe a Vol. 2 will see more of the film's songs, if it ever happens... Dan
posted 06-11-2001 08:41 PM PT (US)

Bozman Oscar® Winner	Also, the DVD will be a 2-disc set, and on the second disc, it will have all of the musical numbers separated in sequence. This would make for easy recording
posted 06-12-2001 01:14 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Bozman: Also, the DVD will be a 2-disc set, and on the second disc, it will have all of the musical numbers separated in sequence. This would make for easy recording Well... that's the plan for now. But as we all know, things can (and tend to) change...... Dan
posted 06-12-2001 06:57 AM PT (US)

Hard Target Oscar® Winner	Where can we get the score Dan, I know you have the promo listed on your site along with Marinelli's 15 Minutes. where can we get these?
posted 06-12-2001 08:45 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	Hard Target, I'm not comfortable discussing these issues in a public forum, as it tends to be used as fuel for the fire (what with my "inside connections" and all that being a major thorn in some people's sides). So, feel free to email me privately. Dan
posted 06-12-2001 09:01 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Yeah, public places suck for insiders! But more to the point, Baz Luhrmann talked a bit about the forthcoming DVD and soundtrack (part deux) at the Moulin Rouge panel/screening last Monday night at the Egyption theater in Hollywood. The second volume will be released in February, and I look forward to it.
posted 11-29-2001 09:38 PM PT (US)

Bozman Oscar® Winner	The DVD will NOT have all of the musical numbers separatly on the second disc (it was an idea but not pursued). Good news: Peter is right, a second CD will be released in February that has more music from the film, including "Like a Virgin" and, from what I've heard, a bit of score as well. [Message edited by Bozman on 11-30-2001]
posted 11-30-2001 08:23 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Over to Ken!
posted 11-30-2001 01:47 PM PT (US)

Dalboz Oscar® Winner	A second CD?!?!?!?! FINALLY!!!!!! Thank you guys SOO much!! You just made my day! ... no, week! ... no, month! ...
posted 12-02-2001 01:25 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	I have not seen the film yet, my friend told me "Brian, your a film editor, you would die this film is cut so well." So I'll rent it --Bri NP: One Ring to Rule Them All
posted 12-02-2001 10:19 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	And it was good... --Brian
posted 01-19-2002 12:11 AM PT (US)

SPQR Oscar® Winner	It bored me. All that zing, zang, zoom...and for what...a limp tragedy recited through karaoke. For example: am I expected to think that a song contrived of a who's who of top 10 'love songs' is particularly clever? Does the director loathe 'popular' music or, is the well so dry and ears so lazy, that regurgitating hallmarks of the past was the only commercially viable solution?
posted 01-19-2002 01:18 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	I really liked this one... I probably never would have rented it myself, but my mom brought it home and I watched it. I like it, but I also like musicals in general and I know musicals aren't everyone's cup of tea. (Like the fellow who didn't care for the Roxanne tango sequence.) I spent about $16 on the DVD and it's probably one of the best 2 set DVDs to date. However, I'm not quite sure why FOX didn't just put it all on one DVD-18 instead of two single sided discs. The bonus material included is extensive. The second disc shows how some parts of the movie really improved over the years of production. I can't believe the Elephant Love Medley was originally some sort of thing involving "What's Love Got to do With It!" Finally, I think Baz might need some Ritalin, since I think some of the "camera change every 250ms" deals left me a bit dizzy and annoyed.
posted 01-19-2002 02:41 PM PT (US)

SCimmerian Oscar® Winner	Yuk I think I am going to barf.
posted 01-19-2002 06:36 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by jonathan_little: However, I'm not quite sure why FOX didn't just put it all on one DVD-18 instead of two single sided discs. Cost. Quite simply, it costs LESS to put out 2 DVD-9 discs, than 1 DVD-18. Also, with the single-sided discs you get nice pretty artwork. Dan
posted 01-20-2002 01:46 AM PT (US)

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