In 2001, Australian film director Baz Luhrmann completed his so-called "Red Curtain" trilogy with "Moulin Rouge," which also includes his previous films "Romeo + Juliet" and "Strictly Ballroom." Sebastian Stoppe examines Baz Luhrmann's "Red Curtain" cinema: What characterizes Luhrmann's narrative style? What does he demand from his stories? The author complements the theoretical exploration of this style with two film analyses of "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge." The integration and comparison of the theoretical model and the analysis results lead to the question: Is Luhrmann's narrative style a new, possibly groundbreaking style, or is Luhrmann ultimately not as radical and innovative as his films and the reactions to them suggest?.