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Article: BAZ LUHRMANN `MOULIN ROUGE'.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- March 17, 2002
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Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor
ASKED HOW he was holding up during the Academy Awards campaign for his film ``Moulin Rouge,'' director/producer Baz Luhrmann pauses and focuses. ``I'm trying to think about what I'm saying.''
Yes, the man who created the colorful, outrageous spectacle of can-can girls gyrating salaciously to a disco beat in ``Moulin Rouge,'' which reaped eight Oscar nominations, is trying to keep his wits about him in the hubbub. Not an easy task considering Luhrmann has just patiently faced a barrage of journalists' questions for a couple of hours and then a few interrogators one on one - just another day in the long ...