le cercle rouge

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...le cercle rouge Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, this film is similar to his previous film Le Samourai, in that there are good guys and bad, and there are the cops and robbers. The translation of the title meaning the Red Circle was based upon a Buddhist motto about those people who are destined to meet, eventually will. In this film the types of scenes included are an escaping prisoner, murder scene, police man-hunt, mob battles and an armed robbery to steal diamonds. The film starts off showing a German named train running through I would guess Paris. Though scene by scene the actors performances and directions really smartly executed and cool to watch. Corey, who has just been released from prison on good behaviour notice from the police, is given a job to do by a Prison Guard. Inspector Bourvil is escorting...

costas1234 28.06.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Le Cercle Rouge (DVD)

Seeing Rouge

Advantages: Cinema as it is meant to be - loud, colourful and moving
Disadvantages: Can be too flashy for its own good

...Ten word review: Man loves woman he’s not supposed to, all ends badly. Sound familiar? Yes, welcome to my review of Romeo + Juliet: Special Edition, er, I mean Moulin Rouge, the new movie from Baz Luhrmann. Comparisons to the aforementioned Shakespearean extravaganza are inevitable (the film even features a rhyming couplet or two), but this is very much a new kind of moviemaking. Taking his cue from musicals of the past and music of the present, Mr Luhrmann has created an intense mix of surreal visuals, heart breaking songs and surprising performances to make this one of the most unforgettable experiences I’ve seen at the cinema in a long time. The basic plot runs quite simply. Christian, played by Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary), escapes his strict father in England to write poetry in Paris...

peppersinclaire 10.09.2001 · Read review
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Rouge

Advantages: smells gorgeous, great staying power, cheap
Disadvantages: available from Avon

...Christian Lacroix ~ Rouge ~ Eau De Parfum My local Avon representative gave me a sample of Christian Lacroix Rouge perfume to sample in September last year. I fell in love with the scent of the perfume almost instantly and decided to purchase a bottle of it; I love the scent that much that I have already polished off three bottles of it and have a fourth one on the way. The fragrance was launched in September 2007 in partnership with Avon; Avon currently sell Rouge for the price of £18 for a 50ml bottle. There is also a male version available too and this is called Noir which smells just as nice as the female version. As you can see from the picture at the top of this review the bottle of perfume is quite chunky and resembles a the shape of a tear drop and has a lovely chunky lid on top. I really like the design and colour...

just.bcoz 08.03.2008 · Read review
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MOULIN ROUGE

Advantages: Great story, amazing actors/actresses, worth watching
Disadvantages: Beginning bit quite boring

...This has to be the best film I have ever watched. It's one of my favourites. I can't remember the first time I watched it, I think I was about 14 me and my dad were at his and he put it on ... I'm not normally into music ones where theres loads of singing and dancing but this was just amazing. Especially the scene in Satine's bedroom and also on the elephant those bits were just fantastic. The film is contorversial and I would recommend your careful showing young children this film because of the sexy bits that appear in the film. THE PLOT Moulin Rouge is set in Paris at the start of the 1900's, with Ewan McGregor on his type writer. The next bit is a bit of a blur, because when I watch it, I just skip to the bit where he sings for the first time. Satine (Kidman) mistakes Christian (McGregor) for the Duke and tells him...

x_sexual_kisses_x 06.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

"Moulin Rouge" by an undying musical fan.

Advantages: All aspects of the film
Disadvantages: I'm biased and cannot find any disadvantages

...I just love musicals and always have done! This was a real eye opener for me as it takes a classic,l highly unoriginal idea of the poor writer falling for the ambitious actress only to be rebuffed, one over and then TRAGEDY strikes. However, in Moulin Rouge, the director, who previously made Romeo and Juliet and recently presented Australia, presents it all in a state of the art way and has you foot tapping until the end The sheer ambition of the presentation blows your breath away and the quirky use of pop classics is great fun. The main actors sing amazingly well and it was the film that definitetly showed that Nicole Kidman was a force to be reckoned with!!!!! The set design, costumes, choreograophy, acting are all superb and even the ingenious use of Australian icons (try and spot Kylie Monogue) in early 19th century Paris is...

simonspain 01.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

Aaaaah, Moulin Rouge

Advantages: Modern songs, great costumes, great actors/actresses.
Disadvantages: The plot wasn't that easy to follow.

...This review of Moulin Rouge was written as a project for my music class at school, which I must admit I am very proud of because I got an A and I haven?t achieved one of those in ages. It was fun writing the project as in class my friend Jenny who loves the film kept on coming up to me while I was writing and saying ?Aaah Moulin Rouge!? every five minutes, which got a bit annoying. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing and getting a great grade for it! ~~THE STORY~~ ?This story is about truth ? this story is about beauty ? above all things this story is about love.? Christian is a young English poet who goes against his father?s wishes and moves to Monmatre, Paris. He meets the artist Toulouse ? Loutrec after an actor falls through the ceiling of Christian?s apartment and ends up hanging upside down. Teaming up...

happeninbabe 18.07.2002 · Read review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

You need CoROUGE to watch this

Advantages: Very good performances from Ewan and Nicole
Disadvantages: A little to fast to start with

...Moulin Rouge is surprising to say the least; it takes risks that immediately open it up to criticism, supplying stunning visuals, flamboyant melodies and excessiveness that borders on the dangerous. It is designed to be head turning, and at times with its dizzying speed it seems foolish, almost ludicrous as we almost fall into the kaleidoscope that is Moulin Rouge. Set in Paris during the turn of the century, we enter the sordid nightlife of the Moulin Rouge, an almost surreal experience that combines imagery and eroticism to provide an opulent experience for the willing audience. Ostentatious performances abound as we are treated to a stimulating vision of Can-Can style dancing mixed with modern routines. Nicole Kidman stars as Satine, a lady of the night who dreams of stardom and fame. We first meet her during a long and frantic...

Simoncook1 04.06.2002 · Read review
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Moulin Rouge lowlights in the limelight

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: See above!!

...Marc Bolan would have spun in his grave at the abuse Children of the Revolution was put to in this film, pathetically in my view that was the most original piece in the film. An idle Saturday afternoon and the other half suggests going to see Moulin Rouge – well it seemed more appealing than a trip to Lakeside if you know what I mean. 1. I hadn’t read the reviews or the hype, so went in with an open mind. 2. I didn’t even realise it was a full blown musical, although I was prepared for some musical element, given the topic. I don't dislike musicals as such. 3. Set at around 1900 in Paris, I thought it would be different from the usual Hollywood fodder. Oh God, it was the longest afternoon of my life, I cringed every time they murdered another song, every single one of which was utterly inappropriate to...

jacksonandy 28.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

Moulin Rouge Wows for about an hour

Advantages: Imaginative, sometimes innovative, some magical moments
Disadvantages: very loud, and brash and becomes more conventional at its end.

...Moulin Rouge almost immediately reminded me of Terry Gilliam's Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989). It's excessively loud, theatrical, full of slapstick and garish. It is however too sweet and sentimental to be down right vulgar. At times its even touchingly romantic. It has also been made by a crew of seemingly fearless film technicians who use everything they can afford to put on the screen-on the screen. You have no idea how far this film will go. The only clue is that its rated Pg-13 (in the U.S.) but it seems like it's going to push through that barrier at any moment anyway. It evokes Keystone Cop slapstick and Allan Carr's (Can't Stop the Music, Broadway's La Cage Aux Folles) excesses sometimes at the same time. It's frenetically edited like an MTV video on speed, but creates such a detailed period opulent fantasy world...

ChrisJarmick 02.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

Go To The Moulin Rouge for Quality Entertainment

Advantages: Excellent film all round, particularly the music and humour
Disadvantages: Well suppose it's annoying having to pay to get in...!

...“Moulin Rouge”, starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, is one of the newest films out in the cinemas (well at the time of writing anyway!), although one should point out that there was an original Moulin Rouge out in the 1950s, 1953 if memory serves me correctly (?) The film tells the story of the Moulin Rouge – the infamous Paris nightclub where the rich and influential come to play with the young and beautiful of the entertainment underworld (to paraphrase one of the lines in the film). Nicole Kidman plays the part of the star performer of the Moulin Rouge, the most beautiful of all the girls who “strut their stuff” (!) for the many male admirers who come to see them. In order that the club can raise more money, a theatre group (including a young writer named Christian - Ewan McGregor) wants to...

so3003 25.09.2001 · Read review
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