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.
BAZ LUHRMANNA life lived in fear is a life half lived.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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Don’t worry about the future.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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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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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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