Moulin Rouge

1952
PG
1h 59m

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Period Drama Tragic Romance Biography Drama Music Romance

Une biographie fictive de l'artiste français Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Une biographie fictive de l'artiste français Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Une biographie fictive de l'artiste français Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

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7,0/10

6,8 k

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A remporté 2 oscars
- 6 victoires et 10 nominations au total

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Le traître

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Le saviez-vous

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Anecdotes
José Ferrer was transformed into the short artist Toulouse-Lautrec by the use of camera angles, make-up, costume, concealed pits and platforms, and short body doubles. Ferrer also used a set of special knee pads of his own design which allowed him to walk on his knees with his lower legs strapped to his upper body. He suffered extreme pain and could only use them for short periods of time. The cane he used in most of his scenes was of absolute necessity. This fact was covered in a LIFE Magazine story in 1952.

Gaffes
When Henri Lautrec arrives at the gallery for the showing of his pictures, as he 'walks' in, his shadow on the ground clearly shows José Ferrer's legs tucked behind him as he walks (on his knees).

Citations
Jane Avril: Henri, my dear, we just heard you were dying. We simply had to say good-bye.

Générique farfelu
The opening credits play over some of Marcel Vertès's pastiche Lautrec drawings; the photography credits are superimposed over a picture of a photographer, and the music credits over a man playing piano.

Connexions
Featured in The Partridge Family: This Is My Song (1970)

Bandes originales
Where is your Heart
(Moulin Rouge)
Music by Georges Auric
French lyrics by Jacques Larue
English lyrics by William Engvick
Performed by Muriel Smith

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Commentaire en vedette

Flawed classic

Set around the fictionalised experiences of Toulouse-Lautrec this is a quite moving account of one man's search for love and artistic acceptance whilst struggling with his own sense of remoteness brought on by his disability.

The film is a touch longer than I felt it needed to be (some of the musical numbers could have quite easily been cut) and occasionally seems to lose it's momentum but is saved by gloriously gaudy direction and a great performance by Jose Ferrer as the diminutive Toulouse-Lautrec.

The scenes in the Moulin Rouge don't really convey how outrageous this club must have been back then - but I suppose that says more about our society than the film. Having said that, most of the dances come across as saucy fun and give you a bit of an idea of the atmosphere in the club.

This stands alone as a well crafted film that needs no comparisons with any other versions of Moulin Rouge due to it's focus on the difficult love and remoteness of it's main character. That said it does have patches that drag and sometimes it is easy to lose your concentration.