Baz Luhrmann – Quotes Crazy

Ive tried to make Strictly Ballroom impossible to date. It does feel a bit 80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date it. – Baz Luhrmann

Ive always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether its the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabias passion to get lost in a faraway place. – Baz Luhrmann

One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and Ive seen it three times, is Bondarchuks War and Peace. Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era. – Baz Luhrmann

Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and its that mix of people, its that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality. – Baz Luhrmann

I feel funny about owning art. I dont really want to say: Wow, come and see my Monet – its in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar. – Baz Luhrmann

The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. Its eclectic but above all its fresh, inventive and creative and thats what I love about it. – Baz Luhrmann

Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry. – Baz Luhrmann

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic. – Baz Luhrmann