I believe that the first one we watched‚ the Franco Zeffirelli version‚ was a better retelling of the play. Even though things like the death of Paris and the death of Lady Montague were taken out of it‚ they were also taken out of the more modern one‚ so that has nothing to do with the decision about which is better. The first one did a much better job of immersing you in the story and making you feel like you were in the exact time period that it would have taken place in. The older version also
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This term the year levels have been introduced to Romeo and Juliet as soon as we were told about the story and how quick everything happened we thought the movie was going to be terrible. We watched two different Romeo and Juliet movies.Baz Luhrmann’s movie was more about violence then love but it had a more modern theme and was more in your face then Franco Zeffirelli.Franco Zeffirelli movie got boring as it wasn’t as loud and as in your face then Baz Luhrmann’s I thought that it Franco Ziffirelli
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Why is Zeffirelli version is better than Luhrmann version? Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian director and producer operas‚ film‚ and television. He was born February 12‚ 1923 in Florence‚ Italy. Both Luhrmann and Zeffirelli version use Shakespeare play if Romeo and Juliet. However‚ Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet is more like it happened in modded time. And Zeffirelli is more like Shakespeare traditional play. Zeffirelli does a better job retelling the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. First‚ the setting
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The first time Romeo and Juliet had laid eyes on each was at the Capulet ball. This is a very intimate scene between the two lovers in both the play and film. It is shown in the play by the word’s Shakespeare had chosen. For example‚ Romeo asks a servant‚ “What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” This automatically means Romeo shows interest. It encourages us to think that he is instantly attracted to her‚ which creates the moment of the ‘love at first sight’. The love at first
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ two noble families are at war: The Montague-Capulet feud is established in the very first scene when a fight breaks out between Montague’s and Capulet’s serving men.The “ancient grudge” between the two “households” has been going on for a long period of time. However we do know know why they are at war. During the 1600s there was a lot of conflict between the Catholic church and the protestant church. Shakespeare uses the Montagues and the Capulets to portray this. The
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make the balcony scenes in both the Franco Zeffirelli and the Baz Luhrmann productions so prolific. First‚ in the Zeffirelli production (1968)‚ the setting was at evening with Romeo behind an overgrown garden and Juliet upstairs in what appeared to be an old hillside stone villa. This setting worked for me because the scene showed the reality that the other movie lacked. In this particular scene I thought Romeo and Juliet’s performances were just perfect. Romeo seemed laid back but at the same time excited
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William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor‚ widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in history. One of his most famous plays‚ Romeo and Juliet (R&J)‚ was written in the late 1590’s and is still much loved by modern audiences. R & J is the story of two teenage lovers whose marriage is doomed from the beginning because they come from feuding families. This story has been made into a movie by many film producers but 2 of the most famous were Zeferrelli’s in 1968 and Luhrmann’s
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or even songs. For instance Romeo and Juliet‚ the movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. In this movie two characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ find love. The only wringer about that is‚ Was it really love or just an obsession. Romeo‚ 18‚ and Juliet‚ 13‚ hit it off instantly. Before Juliet was part of Romeo’s life he supposedly had another “true” love. Rosaline was the name. Rosaline wasn’t that typical girl in a story. As a matter of fact‚ she was a Capulet‚ the cousin of Juliet. Some people could say that if
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet movie adaptation‚ the director shows the length chaos will go by incorporating a variety of effects during the prologue. For example‚ the director‚ Baz Luhrmann has chosen canted angles that are used continually throughout the prologue‚ creating unbalance and playing onto the theme of impulsivity and how it creates unbalance in one’s life. It evokes disorder and uneasiness in the scene‚ which is something that happens throughout the love story of Romeo and Juliet. Their love
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Pre-AP English April 29‚ 2014 Romeo & Juliet: Compare and Contrast Essay Getting to read “Romeo and Juliet” was a great experience that will never be forgotten! A tragic story of young lovers with innocent hearts who attempt to fight their “star-crossed” fate. It was very interesting to see how different directors interpreted the play compared to the original by Shakespeare. Viewing the story from different angles helps you develop a better understanding of the story. In
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