<description>&lt;p&gt;Baz Luhrmann joins Questlove to trace his journey from a rural Australian kid running a roadside radio station to the visionary behind&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Romeo + Juliet&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Moulin Rouge!&lt;/em&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/em&gt;. He breaks down his signature style of fusing modern music with classic stories, the chaos and cultural impact of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Romeo + Juliet&lt;/em&gt;, and collaborations with artists like Radiohead, Elton John, David Bowie, JAY-Z, and Missy Elliott. Baz also discusses the new concert film&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://elvis.lnk.to/EPiCSoundtrack"&gt;&lt;em&gt;EPIC (Elvis Presley In Concert)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, built from newly uncovered rehearsal and performance footage from a pivotal moment in Elvis Presley&amp;rsquo;s career. Along the way, he reflects on his approach to building immersive creative worlds&amp;mdash;and why Elvis&amp;rsquo;s life and music now sit at the center of two of his most ambitious projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Questlove Show

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Baz Luhrmann

MAR 9, 202669 MIN
The Questlove Show

Baz Luhrmann

MAR 9, 202669 MIN

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Baz Luhrmann joins Questlove to trace his journey from a rural Australian kid running a roadside radio station to the visionary behind Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, and The Great Gatsby. He breaks down his signature style of fusing modern music with classic stories, the chaos and cultural impact of Romeo + Juliet, and collaborations with artists like Radiohead, Elton John, David Bowie, JAY-Z, and Missy Elliott. Baz also discusses the new concert film EPIC (Elvis Presley In Concert), built from newly uncovered rehearsal and performance footage from a pivotal moment in Elvis Presley’s career. Along the way, he reflects on his approach to building immersive creative worlds—and why Elvis’s life and music now sit at the center of two of his most ambitious projects.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.