EPiC: Baz Luhrmann Found 68 Boxes of Lost Footage and Made the Film He Actually Wanted to Make All Along

Baz Luhrmann has made six feature films. Every single one is about the same thing — a person of extraordinary natural talent trapped inside a world that wants to commodify and contain that talent, expressed through maximalist visual language and music as emotional truth. EPiC, his first documentary, is the purest version of that argument he's ever made — because this time the subject is real, the footage is found, and the most interesting creative decision Luhrmann has ever made was to get completely out of the way. This episode makes the case for EPiC as the best thing in Luhrmann's filmography, explains why that's the argument his entire career was building toward, and asks what it means that the most maximalist director alive found his greatest work in restraint.Required Watching is your curriculum for cinematic literacy. We deconstruct the art and craft of filmmaking to help you become a sharper storyteller.▶️ Subscribe for new video essays every week: ▶️ Website▶️ Twitter/X▶️ Instagram▶️ Letterboxd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.