The Historical Moulin Rouge

Illustration of the village of Montmartre (c. 1850)


Yvette Guilbert, frequent Moulin Rouge singer (c. 1890)


The stucco elephant in the Jardin de Paris of the Moulin Rouge (c. 1890)


Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (c. 1892)


At the Moulin Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890


The Moulin Rouge today

Sales Full-Blooded for "New Moon" DVD

By Gregg Kilday, Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Twilight" fans didn't show up en masse for recent new movies starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but they snapped up plenty of copies of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" DVD when it went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the teen vampire franchise, reported Tuesday that the DVD of the second installment in the "Twilight" saga sold more than 4 million units in its first weekend, surpassing the 3.8 million opening-weekend sales that the first "Twilight" racked up in 2009. That film went on to become the top-selling DVD of the year, with 9.2 million units sold.

Director Chris Weitz and many of the "Moon" cast members fanned out across the country for appearances at "'New Moon' at Midnight" events.

"The ground we have broken with in-store partnerships and the availability of this title has been a positive influence on the retail DVD business," Summit president of home entertainment Steve Nickerson said.

"Moon," released in November, has grossed more than $705 million in theaters worldwide. "Eclipse," the third installment in the series, hits the big screen in North America on June 30.

Week 8: Musicals

TRACY
Round one:
He'll ask me on a date, and then...

Round two:
I'll primp, but won't be late, because

Round three's
When we kiss inside his car!
Won't go all the way but I'll go pretty fa-ar

Round 4:
He'll ask me for my hand, and then...

Round 5:
We'll book the wedding band, so by...

Round 6:
Amber, much to your surprise, this heavy-weight
champion takes the prize and...

I can hear the bells
My ears are ringing,
I can hear the bells,

—Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad
in Hairspray (Shankman, 2007 USA)

M 3.22/W 3.24: Musicals
In-class: “Musicals—An Overview, Pt. II”
Screening: Dancer in the Dark (von Trier, 2000 USA/Denmark/German/et al.)
Due: OSR 4 (1980-Present)

UPCOMING:

Week 9
M 3.29/W 3.31
NO CLASS: SJCC Spring Break

Week 10
M 4.5/W 4.7 Documentaries
In-class: “A Survey of Documentary Film, Pt. I”
Screening: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father (Kuenne, 2008 USA)
Due: OSR 5 (Foreign Film)