Baz Luhrmann

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q250545: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Romeo + Juliet (1996); Moulin Rouge! (2001); Australia (2008); The Great Gatsby (2013); Elvis (2022); Strictly Ballroom; The Get Down; unspecified.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (prefigured by) · through Elvis (2022), which they directed: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ⇒ Elvis (the host's read). A scene in Elvis (the subject thinking over his life before going on stage) is almost beat for beat preceded by Walk Hard.
    “there is a scene that is almost beat for beat preceded by walk hard 15 years ago.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:26:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (parody of a parody) · through Elvis (2022), which they directed: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ⇒ Elvis (the host's read). Elvis seems to parody Walk Hard's parody of women ripping open shirts at the star.
    “somehow this movie is doing a parody of the Walkhard parody of the scene of like women like busting open.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:09:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Eric Roth: 1 line

  1. unmapped (tribute) · through The Great Gatsby (2013), which they directed: Eric Roth ⇒ The Great Gatsby (the host's read). Roth named the love interest Daisy as a tribute to Gatsby.
    “He calls the love interest daisy as a tribute to the Great Gatsby.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:42:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Cinderella (2021): 1 line

  1. unmapped (imitation) · through Moulin Rouge! (2001), which they directed: Moulin Rouge! ⇒ Cinderella (the host's read). The Amazon Cinderella tries the Moulin Rouge jukebox-musical thing and fails; Moulin Rouge is a lot harder to pull off.
    “It's trying to do the Moulin Rouge thing of like, oh, it's like a jukebox musical where we just like picked songs we like”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:50:36 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Faraway Downs: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Australia (2008), which they directed: Australia ⇒ Faraway Downs (the host's read). The extended four-hour series cut of Australia is Faraway Downs.
    “I just watched in its entirety, the extended version of this movie, which is called Faraway Downs.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:28:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career context): Baz Luhrmann → Moulin Rouge!. Luhrmann reinvented musicals with Moulin Rouge and redefined the jukebox musical, making him a natural fit for Elvis.
    “reinvented musicals, really, with Moulin Rouge and redefined the idea of the jukebox musical.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:04:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (anecdote): Baz Luhrmann → The Get Down. On The Get Down he shut down production five hours to buy 150 oranges for a fruit cart shot.
    “there aren't enough oranges in the fruit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:49:46 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (favorite): Baz Luhrmann → Romeo + Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is one of David's top 20, more than Moulin Rouge.
    “Romeo and Juliet, that movie is perfect.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:53:49 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Peter Weir → Baz Luhrmann. Weir had a strong showing over Luhrmann.
    “Peter Weir, uh, had a very strong showing against Baz Luhrmann.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:46:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Thor (next one) → Baz Luhrmann. Baz Luhrmann should direct the next Thor, but he can't make a film on time and cheap.
    “You know who should do the next door?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:49:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Baz Luhrmann: Griffin saw Luhrmann in Forbidden Planet buying a Wonder Woman umbrella, looking at comics 'like he was Starman, tilting his entire head'.
    “And he walked around the store for like 20 minutes looking at comic books like he was Starman”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:54:13 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Baz Luhrmann: Crew on The Get Down shut down production five hours to buy 150 oranges for a fruit cart.
    “He was like, I want like 150 oranges.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:50:00 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)