Random Fact #6,383
The movies Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! are part of a movie trilogy (called the Red Curtain Trilogy).
The point of the trilogy is to tell stories through the three main types of performance storytelling in a way that constantly reminds the watcher that what they're watching isn't real.
The first movie in the trilogy is Strictly Ballroom, where most of the story is told through dance.
The second is Romeo + Juliet, where the story is primarily told through speech (the goal of breaking the suspension of disbelief is why the movie is set in modern times but the speech is the original Shakespearean text).
The third is Moulin Rouge!, whose story is mostly carried via song.