His frenetic hip-hop history The Get Down may have floundered but there’s no stopping the director. He talks about his Elvis movie, his boho love life – and resurrecting Strictly Ballroom for the stage
The sun is out and so is Baz Luhrmann. We meet at the Piccadilly theatre, home to the new stage version of his splendidly camp comedy-musical Strictly Ballroom, but he insists on heading to a nearby park. A publicist and assistant march ahead of us, clearing a path and stopping the London traffic. “This is the best idea ever!” Luhrmann announces, offering his bare arms to the sun. We find a bench near rows of gaily coloured tulips that are in danger of being upstaged by the 55-year-old, with his silver quiff and sunglasses, short-sleeved lemon-coloured floral shirt, pinstriped trousers and gleaming white trainers (no socks).
Luhrmann has the air of a princeling about him, but...
The sun is out and so is Baz Luhrmann. We meet at the Piccadilly theatre, home to the new stage version of his splendidly camp comedy-musical Strictly Ballroom, but he insists on heading to a nearby park. A publicist and assistant march ahead of us, clearing a path and stopping the London traffic. “This is the best idea ever!” Luhrmann announces, offering his bare arms to the sun. We find a bench near rows of gaily coloured tulips that are in danger of being upstaged by the 55-year-old, with his silver quiff and sunglasses, short-sleeved lemon-coloured floral shirt, pinstriped trousers and gleaming white trainers (no socks).
Luhrmann has the air of a princeling about him, but...
- 4/23/2018
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
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