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How does Baz Lurhmann remind us that we are watching a movie? Moulin Rouge is described by Baz Luhrmann as audience participation cinema. This means that the audience can get involved and that emotions are usually exaggerated. This has the same idea as Bollywood movies, which is where he got his inspiration from. This type of cinema is part of Baz Luhrmann's trademark and he purposely makes films that are fantasy rather than the ideal Hollywood technique of reality. He breaks the Hollywood rule, just as Satine breaks the rule and falls in love. For example, in "Romeo and Juliet", Luhrmann used the Shakespearean language to heighten the film. In "Strictly Ballroom" he used dance to portray the emotions and story line. In "Moulin Rouge" he uses the fact that everyone bursts into song and dance as the main distraction from reality. Also he used music because you hear it on...

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