I know how I missed this frothy, kinetic, visually intense and musically witty film when it came out in 2001: I couldn't understand how a movie set in 1901 was singing "Lady Marmalade." I caught a bit of it on tv, and when I saw graying men in top hats singing from Nirvana's "Teen Spirit" I had to rent it. I was bedazzled by the energy and vibrancy. Seeing Roxanne set to a tango dance piece is spectacular fusion.
Movie menu:
lots and lots and lots of popcorn and diet coke.
For your dining pleasure:
Champagne is used as a symbol of the courtesan and what transpires with those wealthy enough court her.
Instead, let us honor her love of the humble writer with a supper they would have been able to afford:
marvelous cheeses, crusty bread, and red red wine.
Which movies have surprised you? I'm always looking for more--
Moulin Rouge is one of the most underrated movies of the past 10 or 15 years.
ReplyDeleteThe soundtrack is absolutely wonderful!
I like Moulin Rouge. That Ewan McGregor seems so gosh darn earnest! I just watched 3:10 to Yuma. Very good. I think you'd want to watch it with hard liquor and biscuits.
ReplyDeleteKaren--you are so right!
ReplyDeleteMargaret--another one of my all time favorites, and I don't even like Westerns!
Great menu recommendations, they will have to be YOUR biscuits!