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    held back from their family rivalries. Two great directors, Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann, tell the story of Romeo and Juliet differently, through their eyes and with their interpretations. Franco Zeffirelli expressed his version of Romeo and Juliet in 1968.In the beginning of the 1967 film, a narrator speaks the famous line, “Two households, both alike in dignity,” as a backdrop of an Italian city is shown, the city of Verona. Franco Zeffirelli’s film contained a very authentic version to what

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    really nothing to do with the play then there is the one by Franco Zeffirelli which has more things in common with the actual play. In Act V Scene iii ¨The Death Scene¨ both directors have different ways of showing how the ¨two star-crossed lovers¨ die. There were many differences between the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann film.The part that stood out to me the most was how Juliet takes her life away when she sees that Romeo is dead. In the Zeffirelli version Juliet grabs Romeoś dagger and stabs herself because

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    of Romeo and Juliet, causing them to suicide in distress. Many movies have been filmed based on this remarkable story and each have a unique and interesting way of telling it. Focusing on two of the major interpretations by Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli, there are many enjoyable and inadequate scenes. After comparing the two movies, Baz Luhrmann’s movie interprets the infamous balcony scene and effectively displays Shakespeare’s intentions by showing the true love and emotion of the two forbidden

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    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

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    Romeo and Juliet My class has been reading William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, while reading the play we saw two different film versions of the it. The first film, directed by Franco Zeffirelli is an older film from 1968, this film is closer to the play with only a few differences. The second film, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 1997 is a more modern version of Romeo and Juliet that has guns instead of swords and the settings are very different to the one in the play. While both films and the

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    film versions of Romeo and juliet have been published. The traditional and conventional version of Romeo and Juliet was made in 1968, directed by Franco Zeffirelli while the modernized and updated version was made in 1996 which was directed by Baz Luhrmann. Even though both of these films were based on the same play, the two directors, Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann portray act 3 scene 1 differently, based on their opinions of Shakespeare’s intentions. In act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, William

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    renowned exclusive story of two star-crossed lovers who find their own little world between the enraged enmities of their families. Although there are many re-enactments of this wonderful play, the two most famous are movies from Baz Lurhman and Franco Zeffirelli respectively. Both movies accurately depict the scenes with the original Shakespearean English yet are different from each other in some aspects. The portrayal of Scene ııı Act ı in both movies satisfy the script of the play but are contrastingly

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    Intro The story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has been transformed into films by two different producers. Baz Luhrmann created a modernised version of the traditional story contradicting the film produced by Franco Zeffirelli which was set in to the era of William Shakespeare. The differences between the two films are highlighted during the fight scene and it becomes clear that version directed by Luhrmann created the most tragedy in the scene. The modernised setting and characterisation as well the manipulation

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    William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is one of the most popular and analysed tragedies of all time. And with great popularity, comes even greater film adaptions. “Romeo and Juliet” is the 1968 film by director Franco Zeffirelli. Set in Verona of Italy, the movie follows Shakespeare’s original script almost entirely. Its traditional props, costumes, settins and dialogue give viewers an insight of what times would’ve been like back in the 16th century. “Romeo + Juliet” is the 1996 film by director

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    The famous play by William Shakespeare, Taming Of The Shrew represented by Franco Zeffirelli and David Richards portrays a contrasting view of the themes of marriage, love, adhering to the social expectation during the time period. Both films of Taming of the Shrew illustrates similar concept of Petruchio marrying Katherina for his own benefits. Yet Zeffirelli portrays his film by basing it off the play it self whilst Richards illustrates his film by modernising the original concept of the play.

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