...Anarchy of Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge is a film that is noted for its non-traditional use of cinematography its, shot durations, and its special effects, in order to convey certain themes or tones throughout its run. One of these themes is disorientation, which sees usage in multiple key scenes of the film. In an early scene, Christian helps Toulouse-Lautrec’s group rehearse Spectacular Spectacular, a play the group is developing. The artistic differences between the group’s members are rendered with very short takes. Each of the characters’ suggestions is given one take, interspersed with even shorter takes of Christian and Audrey’s reactions. As the characters start talking over one another, close ups of them are rendered with even quicker shots than before. This usage of short takes helps accentuate the groups’ disparity. This lack of direction disorientates both the audience and Christian, who serves as the film’s narrator. As such, third person shots of Christian are used to showcase him trying to gain the groups’ attention. When he finally sings out his lyrics for the play, shot durations become noticeably longer, showing that the situation is slowly coming to order thanks to his suggestion. In the next scene, we get our first glimpse of the Moulin Rouge. The audience is quickly treated to a wide variety of spectacular characters, shown mostly in medium long and close up shots. Short takes of are used to depict most of the scene, as the characters practically flash past...
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...Analysis of Moulin Rouge Deidra Lyyski ENG 225 Introduction to Film Instructor Kenneth Newton April 10, 2013 Analysis of Moulin Rouge Many films use a stylistic system to structure a narrative around a main thematic idea. Baz Luhrman’s 2001 Oscar winning masterpiece Moulin Rouge (Luhrman, 2001) is one such film that contains each of these narrative elements: sound, cinematography, mise-en-scene, and editing. A more in-depth analysis requires that mise-en-scene to be broken down into the categories of setting, color usage, costume, makeup and hairstyle, and props. Through these elements, the movie’s theme of Bohemian inspired ideals of beauty, freedom, truth, and above all things: love is illustrated. Along with highlighting the prominent themes and symbols evident in the film, I will analyze how each of the above mentioned are used. The film is set in the village of Montmarte, Paris during the pre-war era between 1899 and 1900. Christian (Ewan McGregor), an impoverished poet, comes to Paris and falls in with a group of Bohemians who want to sell a musical number to Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent), the owner of the Moulin Rouge. Zidler needs a financial backer to transform the bordello into a modern theater; the rich Duke of Worcester (Richard Roxburgh) is persuaded to back the renovations as well as a spectacular new show, written primarily by Christian, in return for Zidler’s guarantee that the Duke retains the exclusive favors of Satine (Nicole Kidman), the club’s star...
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...Spectacular, Spectacular: a brief discussion of two engaging portrayals of the famous Parisian cabaret, the Moulin Rouge Yuxin Xue 10051309 IDIS290 Prof. Catherine Dhavernas 11 November 2014 Although the nature of their stories share some important qualities: romance, underlying motives, and the ever-elusive sensation of love, the two films Moulin Rouge and French Cancan are very different illustrations of the famous French caberet. While Jean Renoir uses facets of performance to emphasize the magnificence of the Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann does the opposite, effectively employing the setting as an enhancer to his tragic love story. The Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the cancan, a high-spirited dance originally performed as seductive entertainment by courtesans. Renoir focuses on this in his 1954 French Cancan, and much of the film is devoted to plans for building the Moulin Rouge, the courtesans’ efforts in learning the dance, and their internal feuds and doubts spurred on by the need to be the best of performers. The film also shows clear dedication to the relationships between performer and audience, with the courtesans frequently engaging with their patrons through dance and conversation. The Moulin Rouge is in its early days, and thus portrayed freely and in a glorious spotlight, making for a lighthearted atmosphere unchanging throughout the film. When Nini locks herself in her dressing...
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...The painting “At the Moulin Rouge” in my eyes is a really interesting work of art. The way Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec painted the women’s faces is extremely unique to me. He makes the men’s faces normal (normal skin tones and features) the women’s faces are slightly different from the norm. One women has a green face and slightly different features, the other women’s face is yellow and has longer eyes. Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec started painting “At the Moulin Rouge” in 1892 and finished in 1895. The painting portrays a group of three men and two women sitting around an old wooden table. The people in the paintings are Edouard Dujardin, La Macarona, Paul Secau, Maurice Guilbert and May Milton. There are many more famous faces in the painting as well. The painting “At the Moulin Rouge” is oil on canvas. Its dimensions are 123cm x 140 cm. The painting is stored at the Art Institute of Chicago. Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec was born on the 24th of November in 1864. He was born in a city called Albi in France. He was a member of an aristocratic family. He had a younger brother that died at a year old. Not being able to deal with the mourning of their late son, his parents soon separated after. When Henri turned eight he went to live with his mother in Paris. His family quickly started noticing his artistic talents when he started drawing sketches in his notebooks. In 1875 Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec returned to Albi, France because he started having health problems. Henri’s parents were...
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...This painting is neither about historical moments nor featuring important subject matters. The work simply depicts the reality and social life of people back in the days. The background is a corner in a club, people are there for entertainment, the men are enjoying themselves chatting and drinking. Whereas, women in the painting are likely to be prostitutes or lady of escort services, judging by their pompous outfit and accessories. Some of them sit in front of the table companying men while others are wandering around, looking in the mirror fixing their headpiece. Throughout the painting, the artist dominantly used dull neutral colors like black, grey, brown with hint of teal hear and there. The artist restricted him/herself from using wide range of bold colors in order to avoid having color itself as the main focus of the painting, but the message behind. You will noticed that the artist painted the face of the woman in the right bottom corner with teal and pale white contrasting with her black dress, the purpose is to create deliberate emphasis which grasp the attention of the audience to the facial expression of her. Although the use of teal color suggests peacefulness and calm, looking into her eyes, you will sense that she is actually trying to tell people something as if she is very tired and helpless. Summary: Color has taken up a crucial position in this painting that affect audience’s feeling towards it. Rather than using intense solid colors, the artist...
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...Cabaret is a musical that originally opened on Broadway in 1966 (“Cabaret (musical)”). Since then, there have been several rivals, such as those done in London and on Broadway, as well as a film version made in 1972 (“Cabaret (musical)”; “Cabaret (1972)”). Throughout these revivals, small changes were made, such as the addition of songs, changes in lyrics and different costume concepts, all of which affected the development and portrayal of various characters within the musical. Based on the book The main message that I got from this production is that we should be accepting of everyone no matter what their beliefs or actions are. This was well communicated, particularly through the staging and the way the actors portrayed the characters. The Emcee was the most interesting character to me as the audience was given hardly any context as to who he was and why he was a part of the Kit Kat Klub. I was also curious why he had developed his viewpoint on how life should be lived. I wasn’t very interested in the character Herr Schultz. He seemed like a basic character to me that didn’t have any personality traits that set him apart from other characters. His actions never strayed from what you would expect from him and he didn’t really develop or change as a character, other than perhaps a small growth in his love for Fraulein Schneider. The guy who played the Emcee did a really good job. He seemed really into his character and enthusiastic, which was appropriate to the character....
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...-King Sihanouk’s Kingdom of Cambodia: King Norodom Sihanouk wanted Consolidate/Retain Power -Khmer Republic: General Lon Nol = Attain/Maintain Power -Communist Party of Kampuchea: Pol Pot = Overthrow Khmer Republic 2. Sihanouk Policy (foreign and Domestic) -Cambodia foreign policy was based on Neutrality (non-alignment) within the region -Sihanouk received large amounts of aid from the USA *-Sihanouk maintained strong relations with China and Vietnam +Did not believe US could win the war, and thus: -Did not want to align with a loser -Did not want to upset with eventual winner (vietnam) +Cambodia Domestic Politics became polarized among classes: -King Sihanouk Urging to retain power -Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK – Khmer Rouge) led insurgency against the government. 3. Conference in Bandung: -29 countries, mostly newly independent, representing 25% of the planet and 1.5 billion people -the conference’s stated aims were to: +Promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation +Oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by the either the United States or the Soviet Union in the Cold War, or any otherImperialistic nations. -The conference was an important step toward the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement (Neutrality) -Event attended by Cambodia’s King Sihanouk 4. Destabilizing force in Cambodia: A. International: -US support General Lon Nol -China support Khmer rough -US used “strategy bombing” ( Hochiminh Trail) -Cambodia receives aids from the...
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...Relativism and Morality SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility March 12, 2012 I have many thoughts on the subjects discussed by Lenn Goodman in his article. Determining whether Goodman is right or wrong is simply a matter of opinion, it is the perception of the person or people who believe in these ways. It is my strong belief that what Goodman is stating in his article is right. “Granted, any norm, to be effectual, must be embedded in the thick of life.”(Goodman, 2010) Discussing the different areas in which Goodman talks about in his article the first is Genocide, Famine, and Germ Warfare. “All living beings make claims to life.” (Goodman, 2010) Goodman tries to compare murder and warfare in this article. I can agree with him on the fact that murder is wrong, but at the same time there must be some type of line drawn to determine whether this act is committed on behalf of wants, needs, or desire. There are many different facets of murder, all having the same end state of death. Some commit this act of violence on the cause of jealousy or envy which speaks on that individual’s character. Sometimes murder may be committed in acts of self-defense, in these cases I would say that this violent act would possibly be excusable due to the constraints of the situation (either he dies or I die). In this term it is a matter of survival going to the mere basics of humanity. Within the confines of murder comes genocide. Genocide unlike murder...
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...Anthropology 2237 Peoples, Cultures, and History of Southeast Asia Out of the Poison Tree: The Antidote is Truth Video 1. Out of the Poison Tree chronicles Thida Buth Mam and her two sisters, all of whom are survivors of the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, as they return to Cambodia in order to ascertain the fate of their father. Thida Buth Mam wrote one of the most well-known books on the genocide, To Destroy You is No Loss, an intensely personal look at the events of 1975-1979 through the eyes of a young Cambodian girl. 2. The video also deals with an important current event in Cambodia, the attempt to prosecute, after more than 30 years, surviving Khmer Rouge leadership for crimes against humanity and genocide. The trials are on-going in 2014, with the first important verdicts handed down in July, 2010. 3. Exact figures for the number of people who died under the Khmer Rouge are unknown. The most widely accepted figure is approximately 1.7 million dead in the period 1975-1979, but other estimates range upwards of 2 million (of an initial Cambodian population of 7 million). 4. The central issue of the film is essentially ‘how do survivors – and Cambodian society as a whole -- deal with the genocide?’ What does one do or not do in attempting to cope with the tragedy? What are some of the attitudes and actions expressed in the film that deal with this issue? 5. Other...
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...make (Swedish makt meaning ‘power’, German machen meaning ‘do’ or ‘make’). Magic is a creative, creating force through which the magician enables his visions through action. This is echoed in the Draconian magical formula: Visio, Vires, Actio: Vision, Force, Action. Practising magic, however, is an art that demands dedication, patience and discipline. A process of ennobling is demanded to develop the magical abilities, a path of initiation, an alchemy in which vision and action are united into a whole. The Magical Week on Gotland is the most important magical highlight of the year, where we unite magical work with inspiring social activities and there will be a unique opportunity to work magically in depth together with others in Dragon Rouge. The Magical Week 2007 we will focus on Visio Vires Actio – The Draconian Alchemy and we will ennoble our magical abilities during intensive magical operations. HDHM! Dracontias No. 1 2007 In this issue: Editorial A few words by Thomas Karlsson The Path Through the Underworld By Anne L. The Manala Pathworking By Andreas Backa The Left Hand Path By Vamacara The Magical Week 2007 Lodge Programs Member Shop 3 4 7 9 12 13 20 Editor Thomas Karlsson. Layout T. Ketola. English translations from Swedish by Tommie Eriksson. Front cover artwork (based on a fresco at Pompei) by T.K. For opinions or suggestions, please write to adminis-tration@dragonrouge.net. The authors of the articles are...
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...The Misrepresentation of Cambodia Sociology 300 Professor: Emmanuel Obi Althea M Pullins 01/18/2010 Abstract The history of Cambodia will be reviewed in this paper. The paper will focus on the history of Cambodia from the time that Pol Pot led the country until present time. The paper will look in detail at the genocide of Cambodia that occurred under the leadership of Pol Pot from 1975 to 1979 where an estimated 2,000,000 Cambodians died. An analysis of the political landscape will be discussed in the paper. Women culture and the treatment of women during this period will be examined. The paper will also evaluate the religious culture, the impact that various ethnicities had on Cambodia, and report on the agrarian reform in Cambodia. An exploration of why Cambodia progress in the areas of economic growth, social development, and political development has been stymied will be investigated. A comprehensive look at the educational system of Cambodia will be reviewed along with urban development. History Cambodia is juxtaposed on mainland Southeast Asia between Thailand and Vietnam (2010). Because of Cambodia’s location, it has long been vulnerable to foreign territorial ambitions. Cambodia has struggled to maintain self-identity and survival as a nation (1993). The name “Cambodia” derives from the French Cambadge, which comes from Khmer word the People’s Republic of Kampuchaea (1979-1989), the country was known internationally as Kampuchea, but more recent...
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...Genocide is a type of torture. All through Europe, thousands of Jews were getting killed during the Holocaust and in Rwanda, thousands of Hutu were getting killed. Like the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, there was genocide in Cambodia. In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975. A man named Pol Pot became the head of the government in 1976. During his “reign”, he counted many of his citizens as enemies of the country and killed them. He had mines placed all over the country and had work camps and facilities made essentially for killing people. He also took control of everything including schools, hospitals, and houses, “under the Khmer Rouge, there were, of course, no markets – nor money or schools or medicine” (“Cambodian Genocide”). By doing this, everyone in Cambodia barely had access to the necessities of life, including clean water. The result of his reign before he was overthrown was the death of about 25% of the population, so around “1.7 million people” (“Cambodian Genocide”). Israel and United States also have problems. In Israel, torture “has a long tradition”(Watzal). People in Israel have tortured many people throughout the years secretly and then “the Israeli public was...
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...secretary general. He became afraid that he would be arrested and fled. He came back after the U.S. bombings, which were supposed to prevent communists from taking over Cambodia. Him and the Khmer Rouge army took over and started to create what they thought of as the new Cambodia. Pol Pot started evacuating cities and forcing the citizens to live in rural, farming areas, after being impressed by China’s Cultural Revolution. During this evacuation, over two million people were moved from Phnom Penh. This whole evacuation was pretty bad, because men, women, children, and...
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...In 2003 Cambodia is ranked 130th out of 175 countries worldwide and the human development index was 0.556. Cambodia largest city is Phnom Penh was originally colonization by the French and has grown to become the nation's center of economic ,industrial, political and rich in cultural heritage. It was once know more commonly known as the "Pearl of Asia". Little attention has been given to life span development in Cambodia. In this paper we will go though and discuss all phases of human development from prenatal to death and dying in a redeveloping country such as Cambodia. What makes this an even more interesting and challenging paper is big differences between the size of age groups and health due to the recent genocide of the Khmer Rouge regime (KRR). The death toll of KRR reached 1.7 million about a fourth of the total population at end of the KRR. The first quantitative evidence to date that...
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...It was the year of 1984 when the movie “The Killing Fields” shocked, bothered, and awed the world. The movie tells us of what happened in Cambodia during the time of the American-Vietnam war and the seizing of Cambodia’s government by the Khmer Rouge. It showed us the real scope of the disaster that fell upon the Cambodian government and society by using the experiences of three journalists namely: Dith Pran, Sydney Schanberg and Jon Swain. And though I would want to argue that there might have been certain events that were left untouched by this movie that could have lend us more valuable information about the Cambodian Genocide and the Khmer Rouge regime, I would leave that point be and focus on relating the movie to the Machiavellian view of politics, power, and society. Back when Cambodia was still in Prince Sihanouk’s control, the country did little to intervene with the matters of the Vietnam civil war by giving favors on both sides. When Lon Nol took over, however, Cambodia suddenly became a part of the Vietnam battlegrounds. He allowed the American troops to bomb away suspected hideouts of South Vietnamese guerillas located in southern Cambodia, resulting bombings that took almost 750,000 lives (http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia.html). While these things were happening, the number of Khmer Rouge’s members was rapidly increasing. Khmer Rouge’s leader, Pol Pot, was a great admirer of the Maoist communism and launched an extreme campaign of reconstructing...
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