In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and the film directed by Baz Luhrmann both involve color symbolism relating to setting and costume. Fitzgerald uses green‚ white and yellow/gold in a particular way. For example‚ the color green is used to represent money and envy. In chapter one‚ Nick notices Gatsby “stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way (Fitzgerald 16).” Gatsby is reaching out towards a green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock‚ green represents Gatsby’s desire
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time‚ the films have had successes as well as some failures. The first one is the economical issue‚ reviewing the screen policy with a particular reference on the 10BA tax incentive. Then making a brief reference of the recent film Australia (Baz Luhrmann‚ 2008) and Red Dog (Kriv Stenders‚ 2011)‚ an analysis will be conducted to understand how does the films promote a national culture and how does it help to construct an imagined community to help in the acknowledgement of a national identity. (Anderson
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Contrastingly‚ Baz Luhrmann`s vision of Australia was of a form of multiculturalism. He comprehends his vision through a theatre play called “strictly Ballroom”. He became famous in a movie called “Australia”. It was expressed‚ where people embrace‚ respect‚ adore and express
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there are two different versions of this story. While Franco Zeffirelli’s version conveys an old fashioned style of Romeo and Juliet‚ on the other hand‚ Baz Luhrmann’s version demonstrates a modernized version having characteristics of fancy clothes‚ loud music‚ and modern atmosphere. Comparing and contrasting these two versions‚ I prefer Baz Luhrmann’s version in the balcony scene‚ Act 2 Scene 2. In this scene‚ Romeo and Juliet get to know their feeling towards each other and make promise to marry
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to evaluate their own world while perceiving the nature of different worlds. “Strictly Ballroom” is a romantic comedy written by Baz Luhrmann played and set in the competitive world of ballroom dancing. In this theatrical film Luhrmann usees themes and images to construct the story line of glitzy‚ glamorous‚ competition of romance of federation dancing. Luhrmann uses colour‚ teeth‚ glitter and synchronised dance movements as metaphors for the materialistic world‚ being attractive but lacking real
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done. But the newest film that is out is a Romeo and Juliet that is more modernized. This film was released in 1996. The plot of the two movies was the same but the settings were both totally different. In the movie Romeo and Juliet‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ there is a sense of love and hate with the theme‚ characterization‚ and the plot through the movie showing us a more modern day love story. The 1990’s
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end the audience see he is quite an ambiguous figure. One of the reasons that the audience are reluctant to blame Friar Lawrence is because Tybalt is also very much to blame for the fate of Romeo and Juliet because he is determined to spill Montagues blood and Romeo’s in particular which is ironic because in the end Romeo is the one who kills Tybalt‚ his cousin-in-law‚ and Romeo never had anything to do with the feud. Capulet is another character to blame for the death of the two lovers as it
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“Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can” ~Jay Gatsby The latest version of The Great Gatsby‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ uses many of F Scott Fitzgerald’s original descriptions and dialogue. It respects the fact that the book is told from the point of view of Nick Carraway‚ cousin of Daisy‚ the woman who Gatsby loves. It carefully reproduces various details‚ such as the clock Gatsby drops when meeting Daisy again for the first time since she married Tom Buchanan five years earlier. It follows
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the same character in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation. Romeo and Juliet is generally believed to have been a poem based on a real Italian love story from the 3rd century‚ Shakespeare wrote his version of the poem as a play in 1594. Baz Luhrmann then created his version of Shakespeare’s play as a movie in 1996‚ this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was a commercial success‚ proving particularly popular with teenage film viewers. Baz Luhrmann’s theatrical film adaptation of Shakespeare’s
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people think this is heroic but others think he was just plain stupid. The director Baz Luhrmann adapted the book into a movie and did a good job portraying some aspects of the book‚ like the characters and the overall plot. He also did a good job of adding new things into it to make the movie better‚ like Nick’s life after Gatsby. The book has some strong characters‚ which can be hard for actors to portray. Luhrmann did a great job casting the character. Leonardo Dicaprio plays Gatsby. He was a great
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