"Moulin Rouge"

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2002)

The Moulin Rouge was probably the most legendary nightclub in all France. Home to a delightfully eclectic group of artists,writers,musicians,actors,prostitutes,and aristocrats. But it was more than a nightclub,it's a piece of history. "Moulin Rouge" means red windmill.The building was a red windmill. The neighborhood "Montmartre" was the gathering place of artists and the poverty-stricken. I really encourage people to research the area of Montmartre and what the Moulin Rouge really was and all the great artists associated with it. If you know this it adds so much more to the movie. Just about every great mind in Paris at the time was there. Both the area Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge were pivotal points for art and modern culture. Check this out along with the significance of absinthe and the movie takes on another meaning. Actually it still exists in Paris. Only it's nothing like what it once was. Now it's just another theater with topless showgirls. But the history is amazing.