Brave and risky success!

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2002)

Baz Luhrman has proved to be the bravest and most talented of all main-stream directors. His gentle irony is incredible. This irony may be the reason why this movie has done better outside United States. Americans simply are not used to irony or metaphor as means of telling a story. This is by far the best movie I have seen in many a year, and I predict it will influence future moviemakers. We may have seen the first 21st century movie when we saw the 'Moulin Rouge.'