The two movies Morgan Freeman never gets tired of | CPT PPP Coverage

That kind of subtle performance tends to be something that Freeman has taken with him throughout his career. Despite being known as the heart and soul behind The Shawshank Redemption play the inmate Red, the key to his performance is in his subtlety, practically telling the audience about the life that he’s lived behind bars when talking to the warden about whether he felt that he served his time or not.

On the other hand, Moulin Rouge is the kind of movie that lacks subtlety in almost every frame. Baz Luhrmann was never one to leave his audience hanging, and every frame of Moulin Rouge is about stimulating every sense in your body, from the way that modern songs are incorporated into a bohemian context to the glamorous shots that call back to old-school Hollywood.

Despite the drastic tonal shift between both films, Freeman felt that both of them were among the finest that he had ever seen, saying, “There’s never been a movie that I’ve seen a million times, but there are movies that I will continue to see a number of times. High Noon and one of the best movies ever made was Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge.”

For all their differences, though, Freeman’s favourites play off each other in a certain way. While High Noon and Moulin Rouge do have almost nothing in common on the surface, their approach to delivering drama in the most heightened way that they can is all about what makes movies captivating in the first place. No matter if it’s a western shootout or a show-stopping performance onstage, it’s clear that each one of them knows the importance of being almost operatic with their performance.

Because movies aren’t always meant to go for the documentary style, this is a medium meant to show the exaggerated parts of life. Whether it’s an action-packed thrill ride or a heightened drama, Freeman can always recognise a film that’s looking to entertain its audience for every minute of screen time.

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