Moulin Rouge: La Goulue popular French club, Moulin Rouge. Their audience is reduced to silhouettes in order to focus attention on the performers and evoke the Japanese art then in vogue. The triple repetition of the club's name draws the focus down to the central figure of the poster, La Goulue herself. The stark white of her petticoats, depicted with just a few lines on the white paper, epitomizes Toulouse-Lautrec's boldly simplistic style, a sharp break from the text-heavy posters of the day. The Moulin Rouge had opened two years earlier, in 1889, and instantly established itself as a Montmartre landmark. It was renowned
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film group DeBarge. The track reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot R&B chart and number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and is said to have "jumpstarted" the career of songwriter Diane Warren. The soundtrack version is performed by Valeria, and includes a dialogue by Kidman. "Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film" debuted on the United States "Billboard" 200 chart at number five on 16 May 2001. Four weeks later, the album reach its peak position at number three. The soundtrack reached number one on the Top Soundtracks chart and number 33 on the Top Pop Catalog chart. On