William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ a play adapted extensively into films‚ musicals‚ and operas‚ itself borrowed from an Italian tale; The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke‚ 1562 and Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Romeo and Juliet became one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies. Baz Luhrman’s 1996 feature film Romeo + Juliet took on the challenge of adapting Shakespeare’s play into film. While retaining the original script‚ Luhrman changed almost everything
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In the film Romeo+Juliet (1996)‚ Luhrmann puts a new‚ fresh spin on Shakespeare’s classic play‚ Romeo and Juliet. While staying somewhat true to the original play‚ he shapes the dialogue‚ acting‚ and setting to bring the star crossed lovers into the present. This makes it more appealing and approachable to a modern audience. One might argue that the mixture of modern scenery and accents and Shakespearean English is an unsatisfying hybrid‚ and that a remake should either edit the language so it
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I believe that the (1961)‘West Side Story’ film version of Romeo and Juliet is superior to the later version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. Jerome Robbins‚ the director of ‘West Side Story’‚ having a different aim/ representation of Romeo and Juliet has used various effective techniques to produce his film – which I consider to be more successful. Robbins chose it to be a transformation of Romeo and Juliet & not the original play from Shakespeare‚ but that’s not the
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social standard. Just like Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and juliet show us what can happen when the barrier is destroyed. Through love bloodshed and violence the story of two people is told especially through two different variations of the story one directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the other by Baz Luhrmann each choose to portray the story differently. In Zeffirelli’s adaptation of R+J he focuses on the verdurous‚ romantic‚ young forbidden love; where as Luhrmann’s adaptation focuses on impulse‚ passionate
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boring right? Wrong. The classic story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has had a makeover by famous Australian director Baz Lurhman to create a modern narrative we can relate to‚ using all of the original play-script language by Shakespeare. Released in 1996‚ Romeo and Juliet is a film which plays with the idea of love‚ hate‚ family and everything in between. The scene we have chosen is at a ball at the Capulet mansion‚ Juliet’s family‚ where Romeo first lays eyes on the heavenly Juliet
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awful movies will not. Usage of these elements in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet convey the climatic scene better than Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. For example‚ in Zeffirelli’s version suspense and intensity is used to build up to the scene where Romeo kills Tybalt. He sets the intensity and suspense low in the Mercutio and Tybalt fight by making the
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Love at the fire escape “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown‚ and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me‚ that I must love a loathed enemy”- Juliet -Characters Rodney‚ as Romeo Julia‚ as Juliet Rodney’s dad‚ Mr. Voligod‚ as Mr. Montague Julia’s dad‚ Mr. Ultis‚ as Mr. Capulet Setting- Chicago‚ on a chilly spring night‚ Julia’s apartments’ fire escape. Prologue- Rodney’s dad‚ Mr. Voligod‚ and Julia’s dad‚ Mr. Ultis‚ are
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The Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet opens with prominent beginning which engages a modern audience by providing rock music at the start of the film. This rock music includes a strong base guitar and some heavy drums; appearing at the beginning but as the music progresses the whole band establishes a foot hold in the soundtrack‚ which builds up adrenalin within me. As the whole band is drawn in‚ this reflects what the young audience may in account. From a young audience’s point of view‚ the
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Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s play Romeo + Juliet‚ sends a strong and defining message‚ that love is governed by fate. This theme is represented through the characters Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence. Romeo one of “the star crossed lovers” confesses his love for Juliet when they first meet at the party scene. Juliet’s emotions towards Romeo are true love; she loves him for who he truly is. Friar Lawrence’s contribution to the theme of love is shown when he grants permission for the
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“Romeo and Juliet” is iconic all around the world because of its tragic ending that resulted in the lost lives of two “star-crossed lovers”. Many people usually don’t see how Romeo and Juliet’s times are also comparable to modern days. If Romeo and Juliet were looked at closely though‚ others would see multiple similarities to modern days! Romeo and Juliet’s relationship plus modern relationships have several similarities which are very surprising. First of all‚ in Romeo and Juliet‚ by William
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