Red Curtain Trilogy

Red Curtain Trilogy
Directed byBaz Luhrmann
Written byBaz Luhrmann
Craig Pearce
Produced byStrictly Ballroom (SB):
Tristram Mall
Romeo + Juliet (R+J):
Baz Luhrmann
Gabriella Martinelli
Martin Brown
Moulin Rouge (MR):
Baz Luhrmann
Fred Baron
Martin Brown
StarringPaul Mercurio (SB)
Tara Morice (SB)
Leonardo DiCaprio (R+J)
Claire Danes (R+J)
Ewan McGregor (MR)
Nicole Kidman (MR)
CinematographySteve Mason (SB)
Donald McAlpine (R+J, MR)
Edited byJill Bilcock
Music byDavid Hirschfelder (SB)
Nellee Hooper (R+J)
Craig Armstrong (MR)
Production
companies
AFFC (SB)
M&A Productions (SB)
Bazmark (R+J, MR)
Distributed byMiramax Films (SB)
20th Century Fox (R+J, MR)
Release date
1992–2001
Running time
441 minutes
CountriesAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70 million
Box office$338,506,454

The Red Curtain Trilogy is a DVD boxed set, released in 2002, of the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann:[1][2][3]

The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between the plot and characters of the three films. Rather, Luhrmann said that the three films followed a specific style of filmmaking.[4][5] Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the second, and song in the third.[6]

  1. ^ Urban, Andrew L. (28 November 2002). "Red Curtain Trilogy: DVD". Urban Cinefile. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ Mayer, Geoff; Beattie, Keith (2007). The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand. Wallflower Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-904764-96-0.
  3. ^ Jess-Cooke, Carolyn (20 February 2012). Film Sequels. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-8947-7.
  4. ^ Busari, Stephanie (30 June 2008). "Luhrmann Brings down the Red Curtain with New Epic". CNN. WarnerMedia. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ Krenn, Sylvia (1 July 2013). Postmodern and Oriental Elements in 'Moulin Rouge!': Film Analysis. BACHELOR + MASTER PUBLISHING. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-3-86341-644-7.
  6. ^ Coyle, Rebecca (2013). "Baz Luhrmann's Eclectic Musical Signature in the Red Curtain Trilogy" (PDF). Screen Sound. 4. ISSN 1838-3351. Retrieved 3 September 2019.