While I was looking for new materials to help teach "Romeo and Juliet," I found the 1936 version of the play and naturally I was intrigued. I'm assuming that most people know the basic plot and have seen other versions of the film, if this is not the case you may want to stop rea...
The film Romeo + Juliet (1996) was directed by Australian director Baz Luhrman, the scenario adapted from William Shakespeare’s classical love tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The main cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet. The plot and dialogue of the film follow th...
With this in mind, I believe Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" is the most exciting film of Shakespeare ever made. Not because it is greater drama than Olivier's "Henry V," because it is not. Nor is it greater cinema than Welles' "Falstaff." But it is greater Shakespeare than e...
FULL REVIEW 33 The A.V. Club Oct 9, 2013 Romeo & Juliet looks chintzy. The Capulets’ masked balls is designed in Pier 1 Imports colors and texture, the lovers’ secret marriage is performed in front of a green screen, and when Romeo goes up to Juliet’s balcony, he climbs a plastic...
His crucial decision, in a film where almost everything went well, was to cast actors who were about the right age to play the characters (as Howard and Shearer were obviously not). As the play opens, Juliet “hath not seen the change of 14 years,” and Romeo is little older. This ...
Does “Romeo + Juliet” distinguish itself from the oh so many that came before? The set design of the play includes an elevated bed and a big floral splash.Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman The Bard is always relevant, always ripe for for interpretation. And there is pa...
On Nov. 1, 1996, 20th Century Fox unveiled Baz Luhrmann's Shakespearean adaptation Romeo + Juliet in theaters, where it would go on to gross $147 million globally. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below: A clever and well-executed reworking of the timeless Elizabethan tragedy, Baz...
After centuries of both tradition and refinement, there’s a constant question of what lies at the heart of these works and what makes them essential. Any process of winnowing, especially with foundational texts, runs a risk. But the most recent film version of “Romeo & Juliet,” airing ...
you know the story, you knew about it before you even read or watched an adaption of it. this is because it is considered a timeless piece which this film failed to realize. Romeo + Juliet (1996) understood and played on the idea that you don't need to place Shakespeare in Elisabethan...
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/04/22/review-stratford-festival-film-series-to-share-shakespeares-bounty/a8nv4pt/ Falling headlong in love, two teenagers defy the long-simmering hatred between their families. But daring to love one’s enemy comes with a terrible cost, as the needless sacrifice...