This week we embark on our next directorial mini-season with the work of Baz Luhrmann. We start with his cinema debut, 1992’s STRICTLY BALLROOM. After opening reviews, we talk about mockumentaries, cinema aesthetic, and artistic frustration — both in the film and in Luhrmann’s direction itself.
Next Week
Our Luhrmann mini-season continues with the next movie in his ‘Red Curtain Trilogy’: 1996’s ROMEO + JULIET. Watch it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Shakespeares-Romeo-Juliet-Sorvino/dp/B00FZA99RA
This Week’s Media
TASKMASTER (2015–): Alex Horne, Andy Devonshire, Greg Davies
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (2018): Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Robert Downey Jr.
Recommendations
BASKEKETBALL (1998): David Zucker, Trey Parker, Matt Stone
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1994): Stephen Elliott, Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving
CONFETTI (2006): Debbie Isitt, Martin Freeman, Olivia Coleman
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (1999): Jay Roach, Mike Myers, Heather Graham
Footnotes
Firstly, this is an interesting article on the mockumentary form in which the film starts: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/apr/05/mockumentary-british-comedy-tom-kingsley
Here’s a reminder of the theatrical convention of the fourth wall, to which Sam refers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall
(And, while we’re at it, here’s a short piece on a few more theatrical conventions to which Luhrmann the theatrical director and Luhrmann the film auteur may have been reacting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_convention )
Here’s the IMDB page for last year’s THOR RAGNAROK, which Rob mentions as a comparator this week: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632
And finally, for more camerawork titbits (this time not from Rob!), head here: https://indiefilmhustle.com/types-of-lenses-camera-lenes
2.49 - 100 - THE PRESTIGE (2006) & Misdirection
2.48 - THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) & Openendedness
2.47 - THE TWO TOWERS (2002) & Loyalty
2.46 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) & Industrialisation
2.45 - WAYNE’S WORLD 2 (1993) & Pastiche
2.44 - WAYNE’S WORLD (1992) & The Fourth Wall
2.43 - THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) & The 1%
2.42 - THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) & Ordered Disorder
2.41 - BATMAN BEGINS (2005) & Fear
2.40 - BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997) & Control
2.39 - BATMAN FOREVER (1995) & Addiction
2.38 - BATMAN RETURNS (1992) & Power
2.37 - BATMAN (1989) & Duality
2.36 - BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990) & Homage
2.35 - BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989) & Re-Establishing
2.34 - BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) & History
2.33 - BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013) & Change
2.32 - BEFORE SUNSET (2004) & Memory
2.31 - BEFORE SUNRISE (1995) & Time
2.30 - HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART TWO (2011) & Death
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