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Compare Contrast Essay The Franco Zeffirelli (1968) and Baz Luhrmann (1996) films about the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, were both fairly good movies and I enjoyed watching both of them. While the Baz Luhrmann film was a fresh spin on the classic story, the Franco Zeffirelli film Romeo and Juliet was overall better than the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film Romeo+Juliet. Romeo+Juliet was a good idea in theory but in execution was a big mistake. When they used the language from the play and not updating

Don’t Hang Up Philosophy –Philosophy Can Make A Movie Film: Romeo and Juliet Director: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes Plot: Two lovers of rival, disputing families take their lives. Rating: Reviewer: Claire Ginn Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets... So begins Baz Luhrmann’s production of Shakespeare's beloved play, "Romeo and Juliet," from the famous opening

When people think about Shakespeare they may think it is serious and boring, but really it doesn’t have to be. The stories can be exciting and dramatic to all ages. A director named Baz Luhrmann made a film that was a modern day version of Romeo and Juliet. In Baz Luhrmann's film of Romeo and Juliet, he made decisions regarding actors, setting and costumes because he wanted to attract a younger crowd since Romeo and Juliet is a story about two young lovers. One way Luhrmann attracted a young crowd

Baz Luhrman’s filmed adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo + Juliet was released in 1996 and starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the leading roles. The film brought the ancient script to a modern time based in Verona, Italy. The Montagues and Capulets are represented as enemy mafia empires and swords are replaced with guns. This analytical essay will examine the various dramatic elements featured in the film, such as, roles and relationships, tension and the mood and atmosphere

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

Zeffirelli and Luhrmann both have productions of the Shakespeare tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” was released in 1968. Zeffirelli was a Italian director, he was a director and a producer for operas, flims, and television. Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo and Juliet” was released in 1996. Luhrmann was a Australian director, he was also a writer and producer for flim, television, opera, theatre, music, and recording industries. Baz was also the director of “The Great Gatsby” in

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been modified numerous times and has been a source of inspiration for many playwrights and directors. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann are examples of directors that use Shakespeare’s legendary tragedy as a basis for their films. In the Franco Zeffirelli version of Romeo and Juliet, produced in 1968, the setting is accurate to the times of when William Shakespeare wrote the play. In the last act of the film a few differences arose. In Zeffirelli’s production

Baz Luhrman’s filmed adaption of Shakespeare’s play, Romeo + Juliet was released in 1996 and starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the leading roles. The film brought the ancient script to a modern time based in Verona, Italy. The Montagues and Capulets are represented as enemy mafia empires and swords are replaced with guns. This analytic essay will examine the various dramatic elements featured in the film, such as, roles and relationships, tension and the mood and atmosphere displayed

movie somehow manages to create an exiting mix between old and new. Alongside very good casted actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio who is very well known for many roles in award winning movies, his role is Romeo in the movie. Juliet is played by, Claire Danes who is well known for her big role in Terminator 3. Both actors play the their leading roles perfectly and with a fantastic mix between being emotional, and dramatic which is what Romeo and Juliet is

that there is really no negative aspects to it. It is simply made and beautiful, but the Elizabethan language is quite hard to understand, as it should be. Next, in the movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio, the producers did an excellent job of making Claire Danes (Juliet) look very young. She wore little makeup and had a flat chest, which represents what a thirteen year old would probably look like back then. Also, the way they filmed the scene on Romeo’s death was incredible. The producers really showed