differences in the film prove to be complete opposites. The 1968 version by Franco Zeffirelli‚ depicts a traditional Romeo and Juliet. There was nothing visually stunning about the accustomed Renaissance setting that was doused in neutral colors. Costuming was accurate and conventional for the time. In general this adaptation stays truer to the way Shakespeare had intended. In the 1996 version by Baz Luhrmann‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet is portrayed with a modern day twist. The setting is a beach
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no facts‚ only interpretations”. The tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ has been recreated on countless occasions to be in different films‚ books‚ and television shows. Each time‚ however‚ the author or director of this new media uses dramatic license to alter the play and interpret it according to their target audience and their production. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann‚ both directors‚ took the words and plot of this play into their own hands to create a movie of their
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Romeo and Juliet‚ perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous play. Today I will be talking to you about the character Romeo and exploring how Shakespeare has conveyed key themes such as love and the unavoidable fate through Romeo. I will also be exploring the motivations of Romeo’s character and looking at how Baz Luhrman has portrayed this in his film Romeo and Juliet. Romeo has been portrayed to explore the main idea of love throughout the play. In Act 1 Scene one‚ we see a cold‚ sorrow type of love by
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begin reading between the lines we find underlying meanings and themes that ultimately build the premise of the story. All of Shakespeare’s writing invites the audience to indulge themselves in the themes present in his plays. The abridged version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet strips that away to make room for the main plot and subsequently shorten the story. The removal of key lines lead to the underdevelopment of character‚ theme and it overall takes away from the beauty of the original‚ which
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“Romeo‚ Romeo‚ wherefore are thou‚ Romeo?” These are word spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet Produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1966‚ Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well the overall production of the adopted versions of the plays. In the masquerade ball in both are having a good time‚ but in the one in the 1968 scene its older‚ obviously and in the 1996 its more modern
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1597 a play titled Romeo & Juliet was published. The writer‚ William Shakespeare‚ Had not even an inkling that this play (and many of his other works) would have such and impact on writers all over the world. Romeo & Juliet has been interpreted many times and many ways. There are two popular movies that are both appropriately titled Romeo & Juliet. In 1968 and 1996 movies were created by directors Zefferelli (1968)‚ and Baz Luhrmann (1996). Theses movies ‚along with the original text version‚ portray
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He is famous for plays that reach the his audience emotionally even though most of them were written 500 plus years ago. One of William Shakespeare most famous play is Romeo and Juliet which has being adapted many times over the years into modern versions to fit in with the audiences taste. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen‚ my name is Heitor Hilberto and I’m here to talk about Romeo and Juliet. Baz Luhrmans 1996 adaptation of the classical love story of Romeo and Juliet had a great impact
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Romeo and Juliet Act III Essay There are many different versions of Romeo and Juliet. I was able to watch three of the numerous versions. The first was the ballet 2000‚ then the 1936 BW and then the 2015 hallmark. They each tell the story of Romeo and Juliet but in totally distinctive ways. I went through and watched each of the movies‚ I ranked and evaluated each of them on the same things. I put them in sequence from the worst to the best. The worst movie was the ballet 2000 version. In the ballet
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well written piece called Romeo and Juliet enunciates the story of two lovers who were from two enemy families‚ that took each others life in love. Both the 1968 and the 1996 movies of the story have their own way of telling it‚ each straying a little from the original play. Each version takes and adds elements to Shakespeare’s classic story. The two movies have many differences‚ but they are also very similar in the way they portray the well known story. The 1996 version is a modern way of expressing
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Baz Luhrmann’s production of Romeo & Juliet‚ He wanted to present Shakespeare’s language in a manner that would make it approachable to audiences of today. He intended to make no change in the language itself‚ but to change the surroundings to make the intention clear for the people of this century. I believe he has achieved this. As in the settings of the film‚ Baz Luhrmann manages to make it looks like Santa Monica on a bad acid trip. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio‚ his performance was
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