Johara indrawati 125110500111044 introduction william shakespeare was born in stratforduponavon, warwickshire, england, at 26 april 1564. William shakespeares romeo and juliet movie, 1996 static. Danes, diane verona, john leguizamo, paul rudd and pete postlethwaite. Contemporary fantasy setting, verona beach, and attitude the montagues and the capulets are business rivals, with the 16thcentury elizabethan language intact, although luhrmanns said to have cut half the text. Hamlet, prince of denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Set in the mythical city of verona beach, the montagues and capulets are two feuding families whose children meet and fall in love. Everyone is familiar with william shakespeares boymeetsgirl love story, and it has already been interpreted into films, plays, tv adaptations and songs. The desperation with which it tries to update the play and make it relevant is greatly depressing. Starring leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, brian dennehy, john leguizamo, pete. Baz luhrmanns kaleidoscopic film adaptation of romeo and juliet, while often leaving much to be desired from the two main actors in the way of delivery, presents a fascinating modern interpretation of the 16th century drama. Romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes must hide their love from the. The earliest known production is king john from 1899. Baz luhrmanns brashly imaginative and hugely successful reinvention of the shakespeare play sets the action in verona beach, seemingly in miami, but was made at the famous churubusco studios in mexico city the aerial shot of verona is the zona rosa business and shopping district of mexico city. Leonardo dicaprio actor, claire danes actor, baz luhrmann director, producer, writer rated.
Take a drug fuelled trip into the decadent party of the capulets in part 88 of deconstructing cinema with a scene from baz luhrmanns bonkers. The tv crackles into life and shakespeares introduction to romeo and juliet is recited as a. I n my experience, people have a strong reaction to baz luhrmanns 1996 production of shakespeares romeo and juliet. In one grand but doomed gesture, writerdirector baz luhrmann has made a film that a will dismay any lover of shakespeare, and b bore anyone lured into the theater by promise of gang wars, mtvstyle. Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespears classic love story is spellbinding. Romeo and juliet 2009 for free globe player shakespeare s globe duration. No writers living reputation can compare to that of shakespeare, whose notable plays included the tragedies romeo and juliet, hamlet, king lear, macbeth, and othello. Theme analysis of film romeo and juliet 1996 by william. Win william shakespeares romeo and juliet on bluray oct 17, 2010. I consider myself a purist where the bard of avon is concerned.
But the setting has been moved from its elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach. William shakespeares romeo and juliet is a slick blast of decadence, the kind of violent swanktrash music video that may make you feel like reaching for. The classic shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director baz luhrmann to a postmodern. List of william shakespeare screen adaptations wikipedia.
And died in stratforduponavon, warwickshire, england, at 23 april 1616. The extravagantly mounted adaptation of shakespeares doomed. In the fictional dogeatdog land of verona beach, nearly everyone carries a. Bright, loud update of shakespeares tragedy of feuding families and first love. Kenneth branaghs william shakespeare movie lands at sony.
Plot the rivalry between veronas two wellestablished families, the capulets and the montagues, affects the relationship of their children romeo and juliet. It is an adaptation and modernization of william shakespeare s tragedy romeo and juliet. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. William shakespeare, english dramatist, poet, and actor considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he. David ansen, film critic, describes it as alternately enrapturing and exhausting, brilliant and gliba romeo and juliet more for the. Shakespeare s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. The guinness book of records lists 410 featurelength film and tv versions of william shakespeare s plays, making shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language as of july 2018, the internet movie database lists shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,371 films, including those under production but not yet released.
William shakespeares romeo and juliet 1996 movie posters. Verona beach is the setting for the immortal pair of starcrossed lovers and their bored, violent families and friends. Directed by academy award nominee baz luhrman moulin rouge, this adaption of the classic shakespearean play is passionate, visceral, sexy, violent, and otherworldly. William shakespeares romeo and juliet welcome to verona beach, a sexy, violent otherworld, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the montagues and the capulets.
While not explicit, the films violence is vicious and vengeful as romeo runs down and guns down the capulet who stabs his genderbending buddy. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past. Introduction to literature c theme analysis of film romeo and juliet 1996 by william shakespeare by. With leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo, harold perrineau. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. A true love letter to one of the best movies of the nineties, this event is an absolute must for fans. Seph shewellbrockway danes deftly avoids making her character appear at all weak or insipid, instead showing us a young woman of great courage and agency, in spite of how little control juliet seems to. You almost laugh watching them put a hip, hotblooded spin on the bard. Top 10 movie moments that made us love leonardo dicaprio duration. With kenneth branagh, julie christie, derek jacobi, kate winslet.
Baz luhrmanns epic retelling of the shakespeares classic stars leonardo dicaprio. William shakespeares romeo and juliet is a 1996 american romantic crime tragedy film directed, coproduced, and cowritten by baz luhrmann, coproduced. It was directed by australian baz luhrmann and stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the eponymous roles. This is in large part owing to luhrmanns fierce commitment. I did not want to see this movie for years after its release. Leonestyle faceoff between guntoting gangs at a gas station.
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