Baz Luhrmann
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | The Questlove show is a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:20.8 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of the Questlove show. |
| 0:25.7 | I will say that our guest today is a visionary, a visionary. |
| 0:31.7 | So many iconic moments in his canon, be it, of course, M uh romeo and juliet the elvis film the great gatsby |
| 0:42.6 | you know not enough people talk about the get down i'm glad you do nobody talks about the get down |
| 0:47.9 | i like that uh right now we're here to celebrate probably one of the most clever acronyms |
| 0:53.6 | a movie called epic which is elvis presley |
| 0:57.1 | in concert i guess you could say almost a companion film to the elvis biopic it's an amazing |
| 1:04.5 | rare look i believe over 59 hours of of rare concert footage that has been seen. |
| 1:12.3 | And in a minute, so much to talk about. |
| 1:14.6 | Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome. |
| 1:17.1 | Baz Luhrmann is, that is, okay. |
| 1:20.3 | You said it perfectly. |
| 1:21.6 | You do everything perfectly. |
| 1:22.8 | There you go. |
| 1:23.7 | Baz Luhran, thank you for coming to the Questlove show. |
| 1:25.8 | How are you today? |
| 1:26.9 | Well, I'm extremely happy to be here on your show, man, because I, you know, you said a |
| 1:33.1 | lot of nice things about me and my work, and I feel the same about you, and I feel somewhat |
| 1:37.9 | of a kindred spirit. |
| 1:39.8 | And I think both of us, you know, we don't specify ourselves. |
| 1:44.0 | Like, you love music, you love storytelling, you love ideas, you like people, and you love |
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