Moulin Rouge

Factual error: After Zidler tells Satine that she is dying, he is seen walking up a stairway past some sewing women. In an overview of the stairs, a stage light to the left has about a dozen or so frosted light bulbs in it. Frosted, tungsten light bulbs were not invented until the mid-to-late 1920s. Any electric light in 1900 would have had clear, carbon-filament bulbs. And no, those are not glass shades over the bulbs.

Factual error: According to the "Eyewitness Travel Guides: Paris" of 1993, the Moulin Rouge only started to be a dance saloon in the year of 1900. When Ewan McGregor arrives in Paris in 1899 the dance saloon is open.

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Continuity mistake: The scar on the Duke's bodyguard's face switches from one cheek to the other throughout the movie, due to flipped shots. (00:17:30)

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Satine: Tell our story Christian, that way I'll-I'll always be with you.

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Trivia: At the beginning, right after Christian sings the 'hills are alive' line, the unconscious Argentinian says something about him having lots of talent, and 'happens' to put his hand on his crotch. Then later in the movie, when Satine is unbuttoning his pants when they are in the elephant for the first time, she calls him a 'big boy' and Toulouse says he has HUGE talent.

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Answer: He wallows in self-pity for a while, then eventually begins to write their story. There's no indication that he has any further links with the Moulin Rouge - it would probably be too painful for him. Christian actually states in the movie that the night Satine died was the last time he ever stepped foot in the Moulin Rouge.

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In what scene did he state that I'm curious.

When he talks about going back there to see if she still loves him. Right before he goes back there that last time.

When Christian sneaks back in after having been tossed out, he says he returned to the Moulin Rouge one last time.

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