“The philosophy of my company is communication, transportation, accommodation – hair ...” It’s early afternoon, the first quarter of a day that started with Pilates and will end somewhere after midnight. Dressed in what would be a tracksuit on anyone else, white curls gathered in an accordion headband, Baz Luhrmann is draped across an overstuffed sofa.

“Hair’s a joke,” he clarifies as I eye his. “It just means wellbeing. Feeling good about yourself.”