van der Merwe, Ann. "Music, the musical, and postmodernism in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge." Music and the Moving Image 3.3 (2010): 31+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 Mar. 2015.
Summary: In this article, it discusses the use of music in the film Moulin Rouge! and the style techniques of director Baz Luhrmann through the music. It basically talks about how Luhrmann used postmodern songs in a film that was supposed to be set in the 1899. It also talked about how the music and different songs function as a narrative and dialogue. They all tell a story and make sense rather than the characters just bursting out into song.
Evaluation: I think that this is a useful source, because it really focuses the different techniques Luhrmann uses through music and how he uses that to create a story. Compared to my other sources so far, this one is different, because it has one specific focus: the music. I think it is reliable, because just by watching the film you know how important the music is to the story. Without it, the film would be a mess. The songs tell the story like it says in the article.
Reflection: This article fits into my research very well, because it sort of goes along with the focus of my paper. My focus for my paper is the style of Baz Luhrmann and how he creates another world in his films that almost do not seem real, and this article shows how music is definitely part of that. Music is a very important and dramatic factor to this film and this source would be very useful to me.
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