Essay on How Luhrmann Portrays the Meeting of Romeo and Juliet

The visual text Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann is a story about two teenage couples who is stuck in between the feud of their families the Montagues and Capulets. The feud doesn’t let their relationship last which led to their death. The closing scene helped me understand me understand the theme love is the strongest weapon that no other weapons of life can overcome. An important aspect in the visual text is the forcefulness of love, the inevitability of fate and effect of violence on an individual.

In the opening scenes of Romeo and Juliet Baz Luhrman uses camera shots, hidden symbols and a quick introduction to capture the hatred and tension between the Montagues and Capulets. To give us background information on the feuding families Luhrman begins the movie with a news reporter broadcasting about Romeo and Juliet which is followed by a bunch of newspaper headlines about the competitive families. A shot of the city is featured, depicting Capulet and Montague sky scrapers on opposite sides of the road. The city shot and the newspaper articles give us the impression that the two families, Montague and Capulets are enemies and are constantly rivalling and are mortal enemies.

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic play about two star crossed lovers written by Shakespeare in 1595. The play is a timeless teenage tradgedy. “The play champions the 16th Century belief that true love always strikes at first sight,” (Lamb 1993: Introduction) and even in modern times an audience still want to believe in such a thing as love at first sight. Act II Scene II the balcony scene displays that romantic notion perfectly.

The play Romeo and Juliet is set in the Italian city of Verona, it is

Romeo is there, but he has been drugged by his friend Mercutio so he is not himself. Only when Romeo dunks his head in water, with his mask from his costume still on, does his min clear. The water seems to negate the powerful effects of the drug and clear Romeo’s clouded mind. Furthermore when Romeo leaves the sink he leaves behind his mask, which had been removed when he had dunked his head in the sink.

Juliet then drinks from the vial she goes through all her fears inside her head and then saying “ Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee” (4.3.59-60). Juliet chooses to drink from the vial which could actually kill her because she is angry at her parents which is causing her thought process to be real quick and not thinking things all the way through. The whole purpose of Juliet faking her death was so that she could be with Romeo however, when she wakes up she sees Romeo dead by her grave.

Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 modern adaption of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ set on the coastlines of the sizzlin’ Verona Beach takes an interesting spin on William Shakespeare’s 400 year old classic. Gang wars, drag, poison, guns, religious symbols and star-crossed love tied together with music video editing, Luhrmann only leaves the plot and dialogue relatively untouched.

The Opening of Baz Luhrman's Film Version of Romeo and Juliet Franco Zeffirelli’s 1969 version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was actually filmed on location in Verona and is set in the 15th century, when the story of Romeo and Juliet was meant to happen. Its opening prologue is very plain and simple, there are just two long shots and the voiceovers voice speaks very slowly. The first shot is a long shot of medieval Verona on a misty morning, the camera pans around to the river and tilts up and zooms in slowly into the sun, the name ‘William Shakespeare’ then appears below it – this could signify that he is ‘looking down’ over what is happening in Verona. The second shot simply shows an empty market place

There are many different interpretations of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that have been made into productions, but only a few directors are able to interpret his intentions perfectly. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare about two star crossed lovers, Romeo, a Montague and Juliet, a Capulet. The two families have had a feud for a very long time, therefore Romeo and Juliet being together would cause them to be punished. Knowing the consequences the two would face if caught, they still get married and eventually die for each other. There are many similarities and differences between two productions of Romeo and Juliet, one by Franco Zeffirelli and one by Baz Luhrmann, but the way the intentions of Shakespeare are

In Luhrmann’s version of the balcony scene, he has Romeo climb up the balcony to only face the nurse rather than Juliet. Romeo’s expression turns into disguised as he is not pleased with the beauty of the nurse as he quickly turns away to search for Juliet. Luhrmann compares this reaction to when he sees Juliet and sighs as he says, “It is my Lady. O, it is my love!”(II.ii.10). Luhrmann has Romeo act this way to illustrate the idea of physical attraction and beauty as he is displeased of the nurse and quickly changes to the look of satisfaction when he sees Juliet enter the backyard. When Luhrmann uses the “traditional” balcony scene with Juliet on top and Romeo far away on the ground, he suggests that their love is distant and nonexistent because they have only built a relationship on appearance and not a personal connection. Because Romeo and Juliet’s relationship doesn’t contain a connection between them, suggest that all that really exist is lust later foreshadowing the death of both of

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Romeo & Juliet finds the innocent young lovers caught up in a bitter feud between their warring families, the Montagues and Capulets. Determined not to let the sins of their families' turbulent pasts stand in the path of true love, Romeo and Juliet run away to wed in secrecy. Alas, happiness was not to come, for in time the flames of their youthful passion will consume them both.

Amid the start of the play, Romeo and Juliet's intimate romance for each other is uncovered.

In 1996 director Baz Luhr decided to put a modern spin on William Shakespeare's classic play Romeo and Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Taking place in modern day Verona we meet the two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. In these two families are star crossed lovers,Romeo(DiCaprio) and Juliet(Danes), and they are determined to stay together even if it means giving up their family name. Their love being so strong results in a dramatic irony when the young couple each die of their own will because of a misunderstanding and didn't want to see life without each other. Overall this film got 6.5 out of 10 stars as an official rating.

Scene Analysis of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo and Juliet Set in 'fair Verona', Shakespeare's most famous, magical, heart-rending and tragic love- affair, Romeo and Juliet, has been cleverly transformed using a modern-day, urban backdrop to portray Baz Lurhmann's eccentric and exciting adaptation of Shakespeare's infinite phenomenon that is, Romeo and Juliet. Prior to the opening scene, there is an introduction that consists of a news reporter on a television set, reporting on the terrible fate of, 'a pair of star-crossed lovers', who 'take their lives'. The audience is captured by Shakespeare's spellbinding language and you can perceive from the deep, powerful words that the genre of the film is: