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One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I’ve seen it three times, is Bondarchuk’s ‘War and Peace.’ Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.

Baz Luhrmann

In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Groovy Opera Wanted
I’ve always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it’s the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia’s passion to get lost in a faraway place.
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Epic Passion Simple
Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don’t manage that – but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Cinema Excitement Needs
My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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Facts Stories Wife
In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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Everybody Flow Flower Hair Wear
Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself
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Moving On Race Time
Everything I make starts very personally.
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Everything Make Personally Start
So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
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Constraint Creative Want
The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.
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Long Race Waste Your Time
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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May Point Of View Views
Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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Advice Form Nostalgia
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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Ballroom Fear Half Life
The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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Auditions Cold Process
I really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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Believe Cinema Musical
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Actors Doing Good Motivated
If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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Cities Light Travel

One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I’ve seen it three times, is Bondarchuk’s ‘War and Peace.’ Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.

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One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I’ve seen it three times, is Bondarchuk’s ‘War and Peace.’ Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.

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