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Aussie filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has opened up about the difficulties he faced during the making of his 2008 film Australia.
In a recent cover story with Deadline, the 60 year-old artist detailed the challenges he faced during the production of the film.
‘As a filmmaking experience, it was by far the most fraught,’ he said.
Aussie filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has opened up about the difficulties he faced during the making of his 2008 film Australia
‘We were hit by equine flu… I went to the desert to shoot, and it rained for the first time in 150 years, so I had a grass-covered desert.
Despite all of the drama on set, the passionate filmmaker refused to give up.
‘It nearly killed me, but I wouldn’t give a day of it up at all…I was so down the road on that,’ he said.
‘It nearly killed me, but I wouldn’t give a day of it up at all…I was so down the road on that,’ he said of the filming process for the project, which starred Hugh Jackman (left) and Nicole Kidman (right)
‘At one stage Martin Scorsese was involved, and we built studios in Morocco…it was such an adventure, but there came a time when, for personal reasons, I really couldn’t continue with it.’
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Riddled with problems from the start, the drama seemed to overflow into its theatrical release.
The high budget film was a commercial failure in the United States – opening at fifth place at the box office.
Riddled with problems from the start, the drama seemed to overflow into its theatrical release. The high budget film was a commercial failure in the United States – opening at fifth place at the box office
Australia is about a British noblewoman who inherited a cattle station in the country before World War 2.
Prior to making Australia, Baz stepped down from his involvement with Alexander the Great – which was to cast Leonardo DiCaprio and Mel Gibson – so he could film Australia.
A reimagined motion picture was kick-started by director Oliver Stone who casted Val Kilmer and Colin Farrell as Philip II and Alexander.
Despite all of the drama on set, the passionate filmmaker refused to give up. ‘It nearly killed me, but I wouldn’t give a day of it up at all…I was so down the road on that,’ he said
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