... within the musical. The fates conspire to throw these Christian and Satine together, but the fates are once again cruel, for Satine is dying of consumption As the passion play takes shape, so does the love between Satine and Christian, leading to an inevitable showdown between the Duke and ... when a hallucinatory fairy flits onto the screen and starts belting out Julie Andrew's anthem to the hills and the sound of music. The score runs the lyrical gamut of the twentieth century, with songs as far flung as Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy-, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit-, Sweet's "Love Is...

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... were created- aimed at different audiences. The mood created in Luhrmann's version is a lot more tantalising, exciting and fast- it will attract the attention of movie-goers a lot more effectively then Zeferelli's version would have, and retain the attention a lot better then what the older version would have been ... stereotypical good looking male). Also, as a couple, Leonardo and Claire look very compatible- they both have this aura of innocence and purity around them that just sets them more and more apart from their families. Religion is a theme featured in both adaptations ... openi...

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