Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmannis an Australian film director, screenwriter and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising his romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom, the romantic drama Romeo + Juliet, and the pastiche-jukebox musical Moulin Rouge!. His 2008 film Australia is an epic historical romantic drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. His 2013 drama The Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 September 1962
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
We have some of the most extraordinary landscape on the planet and we want to get two of the most extraordinary actors in the world and put them ... in that landscape.
Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.
I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.
In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
I mean the future has become old fashioned.
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.