Editing Moulin Rouge! (section)

==Release and reception==
Originally set for release on [[Christmas]] 2000, [[20th Century Fox]] eventually moved the release of ''Moulin Rouge!'' to Summer 2001 to allow Luhrmann more time in post-production.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fuson|first=Brian|title=No post haste: 'Moulin Rouge' pushed back|work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]|page=4|date=5 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Snow|first=Shauna|title=Morning report: Entertainment|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-05-ca-31536-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=5 October 2000|access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> ''Moulin Rouge!'' [[Film premiere|premiered]] at the [[2001 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 9, 2001, as the festival's opening title.<ref name=Farache />

''Moulin Rouge!'' opened in the United States at two theaters in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Los Angeles]] on May 18, 2001.<ref name=Farache /> It grossed US$167,540 on its opening weekend.<ref name="mojo" /><ref name="numbers-summary" /> The film then expanded to a national release on June 1, 2001.<ref name=Farache /> It generated $14.2 million, ranking in fourth place behind ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[Shrek]]'' and ''[[The Animal]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Weekend Box Office: Harbor Withstands Shrek Attack|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/05/weekend-box-office-harbor-withstands-shrek-attack|access-date=September 28, 2022|date=June 5, 2001}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]], ''Moulin Rouge!'' was the country's number one film for two weeks before being displaced by ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/ai-tops-uk-box-office-chart/406992.article|title=A.I. tops UK box office chart}}</ref> During its fifth weekend, it reclaimed the number one spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/moulin-rouge-regains-uk-box-office-crown/407135.article|title=Moulin Rouge regains UK box office crown}}</ref> The film remained so until it was dethroned by ''[[American Pie 2]]'' in its sixth weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/uk-welcomes-second-helping-of-pie/407216.article|title=UK welcomes second helping of Pie}}</ref> ''Moulin Rouge!'' has grossed $57,386,369 in the United States and Canada and another $121,813,167 internationally<ref name="numbers-summary" /> (including $26 million in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dawtrey|first=Adam|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/homegrown-pix-gain-in-europe-1117857693|title=Homegrown pix gain in Europe|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=25 December 2001|access-date=3 May 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503132223/https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/homegrown-pix-gain-in-europe-1117857693|archive-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> and $3,878,504 in [[Australia]]<ref name="numbers-international">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Moulin-Rouge#tab=international|title=Moulin Rouge (2001) [International]|date=2021|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|publisher=[[Nash Information Services, LLC]]|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>).

''Moulin Rouge!'' received generally positive reviews from critics. [[Roger Ebert]] rated the film 3.5 stars out of 4, remarking that "the movie is all color and music, sound and motion, kinetic energy, broad strokes, operatic excess."<ref name=Ebert /> ''[[Newsweek]]'' praised McGregor's and Kidman's performances, stating that "both stars hurl themselves into the movie's reckless spirit, unafraid of looking foolish, adroitly attuned to Luhrmann's abrupt swings from farce to tragedy. (And both sing well.)"<ref>{{cite news|last=Ansen|first=David|title=Yes, 'Rouge' can, can can|url=https://www.newsweek.com/yes-rouge-can-can-can-152665|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=27 May 2001|access-date=4 February 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410185233/https://www.newsweek.com/yes-rouge-can-can-can-152665|archive-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "the film is undeniably rousing, but there is not a single moment of organic excitement because Mr. Luhrmann is so busy splicing bits from other films" but conceded that "there's nothing else like it, and young audiences, especially girls, will feel as if they had found a movie that was calling them by name."<ref name=Mitchell /> ''[[All Things Considered]]'' commented the film was "not gonna be for all tastes" and that "you either surrender to this sort of flamboyance or you experience it as overkill."<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Review: Movie 'Moulin Rouge'|encyclopedia=[[Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints]]|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]|date=18 May 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Moulin Rouge'|website=[[All Things Considered]]|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=18 May 2001|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123147|access-date=4 February 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001100928/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123147|archive-date=1 October 2015}}</ref>

''Moulin Rouge!'' holds a rating of 66/100 at [[Metacritic]] based on 35 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moulin Rouge!|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/moulin-rouge!|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=4 February 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719231217/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/moulin-rouge!|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> At [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a 75% "Fresh" approval rating based on 259 reviews, with an average score of 7.1/10. The website's critics' consensus reads: "A love-it-or-hate-it experience, ''Moulin Rouge'' is all style, all giddy, over-the-top spectacle. But it's also daring in its vision and wildly original."<ref>{{cite web|title=Moulin Rouge|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1107863-moulin_rouge/ |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=13 July 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115050321/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1107863-moulin_rouge |archive-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> In December 2001, the film was named the best film of the year by viewers of ''[[Film... (TV programme)|Film 2001]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1721879.stm|title=Moulin Rouge is viewers' favourite|date=20 December 2001|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=4 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604171804/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1721879.stm|archive-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked it #6 on its list of the top ten movies of the decade, saying, "Baz Luhrmann's trippy pop culture pastiche from 2001 was an aesthetically arresting ode to poetry, passion, and Elton John. It was so good, we'll forgive him for ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]].''"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Geier|first1=Thom|last2=Jensen|first2=Jeff|last3=Jordan|first3=Tina|last4=Lyons|first4=Margaret|last5=Markovitz|first5=Adam|last6=Nashawaty|first6=Chris|last7=Pastorek|first7=Whitney|last8=Rice|first8=Lynette|last9=Rottenberg|first9=Josh|last10=Schwartz|first10=Missy|last11=Slezak|first11=Michael|last12=Snierson|first12=Dan|last13=Stack|first13=Tim|last14=Stroup|first14=Kate|last15=Tucker|first15=Ken|last16=Vary|first16=Adam B.|last17=Vozick-Levinson|first17=Simon|last18=Ward|first18=Kate|title=The 100 greatest movies, TV shows, albums, books, characters, scenes, episodes, songs, dresses, music videos, and trends that entertained us over the past 10 years|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|pages=74–84|date=11 December 2009|issue=1079/1080}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=100 greatest movies, TV shows, and more|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=4 December 2009|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/12/04/100-greatest-movies-tv-shows-and-more/|access-date=13 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150512082503/https://ew.com/article/2009/12/04/100-greatest-movies-tv-shows-and-more/|archive-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> In 2008, ''Moulin Rouge!'' was ranked No. 211 on ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire's]]'' 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Empire's 500 greatest movies of all time|website=Cinema Realm|url=https://www.cinemarealm.com/best-of-cinema/empires-500-greatest-movies-of-all-time/|access-date=22 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623050933/https://www.cinemarealm.com/best-of-cinema/empires-500-greatest-movies-of-all-time/|archive-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CinemaScore [Home page]|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|access-date=2021-05-21|website=CinemaScore}}</ref>

[[Home Theater Forum]] rated the [[DVD]] release of ''Moulin Rouge!'' as the best DVD of 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivero|first=Enrique|title=HTF taps ''Moulin Rouge'' as year's best DVD|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=2328|website=hive4media.com|date=27 December 2001|access-date=14 June 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020105121249/http://www.hive4media.com:80/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=2328|archive-date=5 January 2002}}</ref> Luhrmann had hand-picked the features and behind-the scenes footage for the two-disc DVD edition.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherber|first=Anne|title=''Moulin Rouge'' director shares experiences on DVD|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2282|website=hive4media.com|date=14 December 2001|access-date=14 June 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020110065012/http://www.hive4media.com:80/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2282|archive-date=10 January 2002}}</ref>

===Analysis===

====Postmodern====
Scholarly commentators have interpreted ''Moulin Rouge!'' as an exemplary [[postmodernist film|postmodern film]], citing its methods of aesthetic expression, symbolism, and ties to both fine art and pop culture as evidence.{{sfn|Conner Bennett|2004|pp=114-115}}<ref name=Yang>{{cite journal|last=Yang|first=Mina|title=''Moulin Rouge!'' and the undoing of opera|journal=[[Cambridge Opera Journal]]|volume=20|issue=3|page=269|date=November 2008|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-opera-journal/article/abs/moulin-rouge-and-the-undoing-of-opera/F8AF8DD30AF79894B153E9BB13A24BE3|doi=10.1017/S095458670999005X|s2cid=194085131|issn=1474-0621}}</ref> The film's music also contributes to its postmodern aesthetic. Notably, ''Moulin Rouge!'' combines mid-to-late 20th Century melodies and lyrics with a narrative set in ''[[fin de siècle]]'' France.{{sfn|Kinder|2002|p=54}} Scholars Kathryn Conner Bennett and Marsha Kinder have argued that the use of famous popular songs in a new, original context requires audiences to reinterpret their significance within the framework of the narrative and challenge an assumption that music's symbolism is static.{{sfn|Conner Bennett|2004|p=114}}{{sfn|Kinder|2002|pp=53-54}}

''Moulin Rouge!'' also makes ample use of other postmodern filmmaking techniques, including fragmentation and [[juxtaposition]]. As the film's protagonist, Christian is the primary source of ''Moulin Rouge!''{{'}}s story line and many portions of the story are told from his point of view. However, the narrative is fragmented on several occasions when the film deviates from Christian's perspective or integrates a [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]]. ''Moulin Rouge!'' also juxtaposes a play-within-a-film (''Spectacular Spectacular'') with the film's events themselves to draw parallels between the plot of the play and the characters' lives. This culminates in the "Come What May" sequence, which reveals the development of Christian and Satine's relationship alongside the progression of ''Spectacular Spectacular''{{'}}s rehearsals.{{sfn|Conner Bennett|2004|p=115}}

Postmodernism is also evident in ''Moulin Rouge!''{{'}}s homage to Western musicals, Bollywood [[masala film]]s, and [[music video]]s, as well as Luhrmann's film ''Strictly Ballroom''.{{sfn|Kinder|2002|pp=52-53}}