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 LuhrmannI never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
Baz LuhrmannI mean, '8 ½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.
Baz Luhrmann