Franco Zeffirelli Essay

Romeo and Juliet; a Timeless Classic Shakespeare inspired both the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli directed and the 1997 Baz Luhrmann directed versions of Romeo and Juliet, and as a result they have many similarities. The first is the hatred and strife between the Montagues and the Capulets. In both versions they get into vicious fights and leave a path of destruction wherever they go. In the Zeffirelli version the Montagues and Capulets get into a sword fight and destroy the market. People get injured and

them more interesting. Franco Zeffirelli 1968 version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet sticks more to the original Shakespearean language and the simple set design also expressing love in more body language, Carlo Carlei 2013 version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is more easily understood due to some language changes to make the film more modern also set design making it more interesting to watch and character movement showing true love. Franco Zeffirelli sticks to more of the

Director Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh both have a distinct interpretation of Hamlet Act V. Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy was much darker than Brangan’s version. The settings, costumes and the props were all medieval. It was set in a dark castle with stony gray bricks, the characters wore dirty clothes, and the props were mostly wooden or made out of metal. The physical elements in Zeffirelli show that it took place in 15 century during the dark ages. In Franco Zeffirelli’s

The way Franco Zeffirelli portrayed William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of, Romeo and Juliet, is very similar to the way Baz Luhrmann told this tragedy. Both versions of Romeo and Juliet have the same characters, words, and plotline. In Franco Zeffirelli’s version the characters have the same names as the characters in Baz Luhrmann’s version of the film. Even though in Franco Zeffirelli’s version the dialogue used is more sophisticated and in Baz Luhrmann's version words are more modern, both

in many forms. ‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet’ (1996) and ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (1968), directed by Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli respectively, are two adaptations of Romeo & Juliet. Actors Leonard Whiting, Leonardo DiCaprio, Olivia Hussey and Claire Danes make the characters of Romeo and Juliet come alive in their respective movies. Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli both succeed in showing their adaptations of Act 5, scene 3. Immediately viewers can spot similarities and differences in

The Comparisons of the 1997, and the 1965 Romeo and Juliet Films Two different actors, Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli, take on the challenge of recreating the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. Some of the comparisons of the two Romeo and Juliet plays, by William Shakespeare, is the dialogue and the colors. For the dialogue both directors use some of the same lines of the William Shakespeare play. “Part fools! Put up our swords; you know not what you do” (Act I, Scene i, p. 13).

different movie interpretations of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet.” Bez Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli both directed their own “Romeo and Juliet” films. The two films are being based on how the directors interpreted the original play. Even though the 1996 version done by Luhrmann has a modern and playful view, it just doesn’t match up to the original piece as well as the 1968 version directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Zeffirelli portrays Juliet to be youthful, innocent, and new to the world of love and lust

In Romeo and Juliet, Baz Luhrmann (1996) and Franco Zeffirelli (1968) have communicated universal ideas through setting and music in two different ways in their movies. In this essay, I am going to discuss act 1 scene 5 (the party scene), where Romeo and Juliet first meet. This scene shows a balance between the universal ideas love and conflict, where the two families are at war, but there is also deep and a romantic love between the two lovers. They are in love with each other but can’t be together

star-crossed lovers proceed to take their own lives, after believing their beloved has been condemned to death by fate. The play has been adapted into several different films, including the 1968 version directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and the 1996 version directed by Baz Luhrmann. Zeffirelli selected Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey to play the roles of Romeo and Juliet, while Luhrmann chose Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes to play the same roles respectively. The 1968 version was set in Verona Italy

on the theme of love, but most fail to convey the importance of the feuding families. While the 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, does tell of the destructive nature of feuds, this adaptation fails to convey Shakespeare's full commentary of overwhelming hate feuds and rivalry bring, leaving no one unscathed. Zeffirelli changes the mood and therefore