ART 2010 JWU Baz Luhrmanns Moulin Rouge as Homage To Early Silent Films Analysis

Explore how one contemporary film is an homage to an earlier style or body of work. Some examples might include Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge as an homage to early silent films, vaudeville, 19th-century photography, etc; La La Land as an homage to a number of classic Hollywood musicals; or Jackie Chan’s movies as homage to Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd. These are just a few of many possibilities.

If you choose to write a research paper, it must adhere to the following guidelines. All papers must:

• be written exclusively in the third-person voice, double-spaced, 12-point font, and be five pages minimum.
• employ no less than five sources, which will include films, as well as articles, textbooks, reference works, etc.
• have an interesting title that captures the reader’s attention and clearly indicates which topic you are addressing.
• avoid all plot summaries (do not describe the film’s storyline)
• use the terminology we have employed throughout the course
• document all research with in-text citations and a works cited page in MLA format (please review the “MLA Resources” page in our course for a refresher about MLA format)

If you choose to write a research paper, you are required to select a topic from the following list or email me to propose a different topic (all topics must be pre-approved to ensure they are appropriate for this assignment). Note that most of the topics below are very general and would need to be narrowed down for a research paper of this length.