Im stephen sackur. There are some film directors who strip things down, shun artifice and worship at the altar of realism. Well, might guest today sees movie making through a very different lens. Baz luhrmann made his directorial name with a wildly entertaining debut movie called strictly ballroom, which was theatrical, sentimental and sweet. And since then, hes continued to make larger than life film is based on epic stories. So, how did this kid from the aussie back woods get to make his celluloid dreams come true . Baz luhrmann, welcome to hardtalk. Im very happy to be here, stephen. I want to start this interview in herons creek, this tiny little place north of sydney, where you grew up. Mmm. It was a long way from anywhere, really. How come you there developed this incredibly vivid artistic imagination . Mmm. You know, at some point, midway through my journey, i started to get quite self conscious, about, you know, and you do when youre young and youre trying to be someone and be
Im stephen sackur. There are some film directors who strip things down, baz luhrmann made his directorial name with a wildly entertaining debut movie called strictly ballroom, which was theatrical, sentimental and sweet. And since then, hes continued to make larger than life film is based on epic stories. So, how did this kid from the aussie back woods get to make his celluloid dreams come true . Baz luhrmann, welcome to hardtalk. Im very happy to be here, stephen. I want to start this interview in herons creek, this tiny little place north of sydney, where you grew up. Mmm. It was a long way from anywhere, really. How come you there developed this incredibly vivid artistic imagination . Mmm. You know, at some point, midway through my journey, i started to get quite self conscious, about, you know, and you do when youre young and youre trying to be someone and be creative. And i gave up on the self consciousness of going too deep into the, who i am, and tried to work that outjust by do
Swooned 8 1 2 its biggest one day dive in more than eight years. While you may not own any chinese stocks the continued volatility does matter to investors like you. Its reigniting fears in the worlds second largest economy. A number of big u. S. Companies from caterpillar to whirlpool express concern about the slowdown in change in a, there are new worries about the effectiveness of beijings efforts to prop up the market. By the close, the Dow Jones Industrial average suffered its first fiveday losing streak since january falling 127 points to 17,440. The nasdaq dropped 48 and the s p sank 12. What triggered the big global selloff. Mainland china stock markets equities plunged more than 8 . Thats on signs that beijing may be backing away from supporting the market while concerns over Economic Health soured sentiments even further. The largest list of companies, fell 8. 6 . While the shanghai composite lost 8 1 2 as you see here the drops were the biggest since february 27th 2007. Inve
Swooned 8 1 2 its biggest one day dive in more than eight years. While you may not own any chinese stocks the continued volatility does matter to investors like you. Its reigniting fears in the worlds second largest economy. A number of big u. S. Companies from caterpillar to whirlpool express concern about the slowdown in change in a, there are new worries about the effectiveness of beijings efforts to prop up the market. By the close, the Dow Jones Industrial average suffered its first fiveday losing streak since january falling 127 points to 17,440. The nasdaq dropped 48 and the s p sank 12. What triggered the big global selloff. Mainland china stock markets equities plunged more than 8 . Thats on signs that beijing may be backing away from supporting the market while concerns over Economic Health soured sentiments even further. The largest list of companies, fell 8. 6 . While the shanghai composite lost 8 1 2 as you see here the drops were the biggest since february 27th 2007. Inve