I was always into western music, and musicals are the most welcomed kind of film for me. From "The Sound Of Music" and "Singing In The Rain" to "Moulin Rouge" and "Chicago", every production gave me the splendidly wonderful feeling of enjoying the merge of two of my favorite art forms at the same time.
And Moulin Rouge, Starring two of my favorite artists, Nicole and Evan, came out as the king of the musicals for me. In this dreamy and spectacular journey of the quest for love, freedom, truth, and beauty, every song was so familiar and heart-catching for me. The wildness and lust of "Material Girl", the pain and wisdom of "Nature Boy" , the emotion and affection of "Your Song", the heat and dancing craze of "Lady Marmalade", the willingness and tears of "One Day I Will Fly Away"...every single piece of melody makes me lost in the smothering beauty of this grand show.
What made me fall deeply for this movie, however, was the pure love between the showgirl and the poet, which could take them to the top of the world and cure the fatal disease suffered by the showgirl. Love is a wonderful gift that god gave to the human kind. And only because of love could we achieve what seems out of reach, and because of which even the greedy Rouge owner raised his fist to the evil duke in the end.
Moulin Rouge is a place of lust, a place of money, a place of devil. But also it could be the ultimate bassinet for the most moving love and the only Moulin Rouge.
