Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge! contains various shots that portray the characters' identities, their power, and lack of power.

This eye level shot is of Christian when he finally accepts that he will never be with Satine.  Altough he feels hopeless and is still in love with her, he has control over his life and somewhat has the will to move on.  It shows his identity at the end of the film and displays his neutral power.

This low angle shot of the Duke portrays his power over the Moulin Rouge and his ability to control Satine and Christian's future.  He is seen this way through out most of the film until Satine admits her love for Christian on the stage of the finale of their show "Spectacular, Spectacular." 



 This shot is of Christian and Satine when Satine dies at the end of the film.  The high angle shot portrays her lifelessness and Christian's lack of power to take away her illness and ultimately death.