Luhrman's 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.

Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is

Baz Lurhmann’s creation of the film Romeo and Juliet has shown that today’s audience can still understand and appreciate William Shakespeare. Typically, when a modern audience think of Shakespeare, they immediately think it will be boring, yet Lurhmann successfully rejuvenates Romeo and Juliet. In his film production he uses a number of different cinematic techniques, costumes and a formidably enjoyable soundtrack; yet changes not one word from Shakespeare’s original play, thus making it appeal to a modern audience.

The 1996 film, Romeo and Juliet, is Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of William Shakespeare’s play by the same name. This film is part of Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain Trilogy where Luhrmann uses a theatre motif in each, with poetry and language being the motif used in Romeo and Juliet. This play was originally written by William Shakespeare who was an English poet, playwright, actor and a man who is considered one of the greatest contributors to English literature as he invented over 1700 now common words and wrote some of the world’s most famous plays. Romeo and Juliet was written in 1595 so Luhrmann had to give the film a contemporary twist but keeps the original themes of forbidden love and young romance to appeal to a modern audience. In the

The film and the play, Romeo and Juliet is an ever grey due to tragic over tones play which draws undivided attention of Shakespeare’s writing even during this modern era. The 1996 version, Baz Lurhmann adopted the storyline to reflect the revealing trend of dispute between two feuding families. A film which shows a detailed study of the play of the immensely popular 1996 version directed by Baz Lurhmann.

Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic love story written by the incomparable William Shakespeare. Many of Shakespeare’s works are considered literary classics, but none are more loved than Romeo and Juliet. This play masterfully tells the love story of two teenagers in Elizabethan England. The title characters Romeo and Juliet are members of two feuding families, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. There are different stylistic ways of portraying Romeo and Juliet, and the two most popular film versions portray two very different styles of this one play. Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet was made in the 1970s, and is the film version most commonly shown in high school classrooms. The newest film version of this play is Baz Luhrmanns

“The most filmed of all plays, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, with its universal themes… remains uniquely adaptable for any time period,” (Botnick, 2002). Directors Franco Zeffirelli (1968) and Baz Luhrman

When Romeo goes to the Capulet’s tomb to see Juliet and was amazed how beautiful her wife that she do not look like she was dead and when Juliet soon wake up Romeo already drink the potion, she saw him dead and look for Romeo’s gun and shoot herself. What this shows is that this is the part where I develop my decision to the movie because the actors delivered the line so perfect and touched my soul that made me cry. I’m impressed with Luhrmann’s courage to make a movie of one of the most Famous plays of all time. Obviously, with a great director like Baz Luhrmann retelling a play of Romeo and Juliet is a perfect

The unfolding of the tragic love theme, present in both the play and the film, is dramatic and moving. Also, Zeffirelli emphasizes the urgency of both Romeo’s and Juliet’s to get married, soon after they meet. Just like William Shakespeare’s play, where Romeo and Juliet quickly get married. As a result of Franco Zeffirelli’s long and detailed approach to the love story of Romeo and Juliet, the ending scene of the movie is the most emotional and biggest scene, where two young lovers, face their “star-crossed fate.” It also shows the intentions of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, where the ending is shown to be the “ultimate ending,” as two lovers die for each other and all other issues come to a close.

Romeo and Juliet is an iconic play that has had a big impact on many of today's entertainment creators. The play Romeo and Juliet was first published in 1597 in the First Quarto and it was and is still to this day a masterpiece. To this day movies are still coming out with different settings and twists but with the same story line of Romeo and Juliet. This story of Romeo and Juliet has come out in many different forms, such as movies, books, and hundreds of plays. Between the two movies, Baz Luhrmann’s 199 Romeo and Juliet and Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Romeo and Juliet there are many differences in the movie that changes big things.

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Luhrmann’s version adds emotions of urgency and hope, thinking that maybe Juliet will wake up in time to stop Romeo. Romeo drinks the poison just as Juliet gains the power to touch his hand causing him to die in her arms. In the play and Zeffirelli's movie, both Romeo and Juliet do not watch each other die. The emotions are much different in Zeffirelli's, the audience is inflicted with sadness but yet still knows what will happen. Luhrmann’s movie gives false hope making it a great movie but removing the message of the play. The final message is about fixing the families rivalry and Luhrmann’s movie overlooks that through the intense death scene.The play’s final emotions in Zeffirelli’s were the closest to the plays, which is why Zeffirelli's movie is seen as more

Baz Luhrmann’s film Romeo and Juliet is exceptionally effective in a variety of ways. The film’s exclusive characterization, exaggeration, and modern setting all contribute to the efficiency of the film. These elements not only make it possible for audience with no prior knowledge of the play to enjoy, but also for audience with understanding to appreciate, as a parody. First, the unique characterizations in Romeo and Juliet enhances audiences’ understanding of the original play, and makes the movie entertaining.

Romeo + Juliet is a modernised film of Romeo and Juliet, which was written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s. The director, Baz Luhrmann is the director the film. He uses cinematic techniques to help make the old english that was used in Shakespeare's times understandable and intriguing to a modern audience. Some of the many techniques used are music, costumes, props, camera angles, lighting and diegetic sound. The movie also has symbolism to convey the idea of Romeo and Juliet’s chaotic, star-crossed love.

The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is known around the world. To make it as virtuous as Shakespeare has written, the scenes should be prepared thoughtfully, and the consistency should be preserved. Peter Travers, an American critic, writes in Rolling Stone, “Luhrmann cuts the text as well, though not as damagingly (as Zeffirelli). His point is not to distract you from the words, as Zeffirelli did, but to lead you to them.” (Travers) Travers emphasizes on the accomplishment that Luhrmann has achieved by cutting the write scenes. Unlike Zeffirelli did in the scenes of first-sight love and the fight scene between Romeo and Tybalt, Luhrmann takes the play, and evaluates it effectively. He accomplishes the play by abridging the play tactically. Luhrmann takes separate paths with Zeffirelli, and uses the scenes smoothly, and keeps his audience interested.