20 Reasons Why Moulin Rouge is the Best Movie Musical

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Roxanne

In one of the greatest scenes in Moulin Rouge, “El Tango De Roxanne” focuses on the Argentinean calling out Christian for falling in love with Satine. He is explaining why a women who works for the night is not someone you should fall in love with.

But it’s not just the the cover of “Roxanne” by the Police that is great, it is also the added bits from Christian that makes this scene absolutely incredible. Especially because Ewan McGregor looks incredible in this scene and makes us all realize why he is everyone’s dream.

The dancing and the music, the lighting and the direction are all just perfection. The entire scene just wants you to fall in love with it and everyone does. This could be a matter of opinion but there is no better scene in the entire movie.

If you think there is then yeah sure I guess you’re entitled to that but did you rewatch this scene? Because you’re wrong. Also even the Killers love this scene because in their video for “Miss Atomic Bomb” they feature exact shots from this scene. (It is also a sequel to their video for “Mr. Brightside” which is also Moulin Rouge themed.)