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Moulin Rouge! (2001)
★ 7.5 · 4,826 ratings on TMDB
No laws. No limits. One rule. Never fall in love.
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
DirectorBaz Luhrmann
The emergence reading
Moulin Rouge! keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing love, art, class, power, mortality.
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