With the book just read I saw this movie. So the book is based on the life of Lautrec and the film is based on the book. All I can say I enjoyed the movie a lot as I did the book. But keeping in mind that both book and film are saying more from themselves than from Lautrec. Now the book is more french and more genuie as a result. The movie is all americana and Paris becomes well a bit flat. On the other hand the pictures that could'nt be diplayed in the book were marvelous in the film. In the book Lautrec was more ugly and his girlfriends were more beautiful. I can recomment anyone to read the novel as well. But nobody seems to do that. So if you have read the novel the movie will not disappoint for sure.
Review of Moulin Rouge
