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invitation to one of his parties. Gatsby invited Nick because he wanted to get close to Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan, whose married to Tom Buchanan, who is cheating on her with Myrtle Wilson. The novel is a romantic drama and Baz Luhrmann did a pretty good job with the movie. Baz Luhrmann did add some changes in the movie to

On may first 2013, Zam Luhrmann released the newest version of The Great Gatsby film.Winning an academy award for best production design, Luhrmann managed to capture the main essence of the original book itself.F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby in 1925, when prohibition was ignored by a majority and the parties were lavish. The novel follows a cast of fictional characters living in the prosperous Long Island. Jay Gatsby being a self made billionaire lives in a mansion across the river

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 honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, Baz Luhrmann and Woody Allen’s directed their own adaptation and homage of the book. Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, an adaptation of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby while Woody Allen’s Homage only hinted at The Great Gatsby and other books and writers of that time. Although they both experienced great outcomes and are alike in many ways, several people believed that the music choices for each movie, Luhrmann’s adaptation in particular, did not fit for the movie

devious in all of his actions. Friar Lawrence does many things to help himself while one thinks it is for the main characters, Romeo and Juliet. The friar’s character trait is also portrayed clearly in the film, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann. When one is devious, they are showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals. Friar Lawrence

Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (2013), by Baz Luhrmann may be considered as a tragic romance but; however within the movie, Luhrmann emphasizes and illustrates the social classes and the importance that wealth had in the American society during the 1920’s era. Through the eyes and voice of the narrator, Nick Carraway’s viewers get to experience first-hand the world of wealth and the joys that being wealthy encompasses .Also, the viewers get a distinct view of the struggle of being within a certain

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

all who see it Romeo + Juliet Directed by Baz Luhrmann Release date 1996 Rating_**____________________ It’s one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays of tragedy, love, violence and death but Baz Luhrmann has given it a twist by setting the film in modern Verona beach. The story reflects the common action of society in an Elizabethan era, so it’s only it’s ruined by the exaggeration of Luhrmanns directing in the modern time. Luhrmann interprets the movie’s story line well and it is almost

How to Account for the Success of Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann “The play re-worked for MTV.” This is just one of the many ways Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet has been described after the director dramatically changed the way the world sees Shakespeare. The controversial film shows us just how important Shakespeare still is no matter how you try to change it. The classic, original play will always be present in some way. The film’s success came with great publicity

Shakespeare and ‘Romeo+Juliet’ by Baz Luhrmann Texts and ideas from texts are appropriated and transformed into other text forms and other compositions in a different context. An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or taken over by another composer and presented in a new way. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a well-known high culture text that is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. In the 1997 film, Baz Luhrmann has taken what is valued about