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Moulin Rouge
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Moulin Rouge
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Settings
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The Elephant
Exotic! You know, like India and other mystical lands! (Yes, the past was really really racist)
Paris
Belle Epoque
Time between 1847 to 1914. At the start of the Belle Epoque the population was 1,851,792. Towards the end it was 2,888,107, higher than what it is today.
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Characters
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The Duke
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He is the Antagonist of the movie, one of the reasons that lured Satine to stay away from Christian, but he never stopped Satine from loving Christian.
Zidler
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The owner of Moulin Rouge, but he need to listen to the duke because he fund money to the Moulin Rouge.
Christian
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Believes in bohemian ideals - truth, love, freedom and beauty
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Nini Legs In The Air
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Her character was to stir the pot throughout the film. Eg. hinted to the duke that the plot of "Spectacular Spectacular" was for Satine and Christian.
Le Chocolat
Le Chocolat secretly admires Satine. His character was placed in the film to save Satine under the impression that he loves her.
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Key Relationships
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Satine & The Duke
The Duke wanted to claim Satine just only for him and not to share with anyone. It's one of the reasons why the relationship of Christian with the Duke is a rivalry.
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Christian & Zidler
While he appears to like Christian, Zidler enraged that Christian is ruining his hopes of success for the theatre
Plot
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Key Events
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The Argentinean's Roxanne musical number + Satine meeting with the Duke; when Satine denies the Duke.
Satine attempting to seduce Christian until Christian begins singing and they have a scene in the clouds where it leads to Satine falling in love with Christian.
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Motifs and Symbols
Cages
In The Elephant, Satine has a bird in a cage. Indeed, the Elephant itself looks a bit like a cage for Satine. Zidler calls her "precious" and "sparrow" at times - and her song is "Someday I'll fly away"!
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Typewriter
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Frames and interprets the narrative for the viewer. Gives meaning and structure to the loose, crazy story. Gives us an insight to Christian's POV.
The Red Curtain
Luhrmann's focus on a heightened, exaggerated world of emotion and extremes. When we enter the film, we enter through one curtain. When we enter the dancehall, we see more... and at the end of the film, the curtain closes as we leave
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Veils
Veils symbolise a masking and concealing of Satine's true self, in order to appeal to the audience.
This can be seen when Satine is preparing to deceive and first meet with Christian, as well as when she must conceal her feelings and lie to him.
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Mirrors
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Repeated throughout the film with the common idea of Satine changing her appearance, linking mirrors throughout the film with the idea that she is altering herself for specific person(s)
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Light & Dark
Light symbolises positivity, goodness, and life.
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Darkness represents negative aspects, evil, death, or the unknown.
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