... problems. With their updated names and the plot line identified the players are injected into a new era of guns and money. Romeo and Juliet now live in modern day Verona beach, instead of on the streets of Verona, Italy. This is a place where the ultra modern surroundings and dress is juxtaposed by Shakespeare's older English; Romeo waxes love semantics in what ... Mercutio convinces Romeo to ingest Ecstasy before the party. Benvolio witnesses a scantily dressed street walker dancing for a pedestrian, as he approaches Romeo on the beach, there is no mistaking the era; this is the '90's ...

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... A Movie Film: Romeo and Juliet Director: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes Plot: Two lovers of rival, disputing families take their lives. Rating: Reviewer: Claire Ginn Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets... So begins Baz Luhrmann's production of Shakespeare's beloved play, "Romeo and Juliet ... the famous opening line of "Two Households both alike in dignity.." to the tragic end, the viewer is whisked away into thedepths?of heightened realism in the world of Verona ...

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... written in the 1600's and set in Elizabethan England. Baz Luhrmann's version of one of Shakespeare's most loved plays portrays the classic story in a modern day setting. Luhrmann chose Verona Beach as the setting for his adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" "A sexy violent other world neither future or past" (Taken from an interview with Baz from a review website) Verona ... Beach was Luhrmann's own created world, a place based on decaying Miami and Mexico City. The prologue is cleverly updated and modernised by being displayed on television as a news report. As the ... words are said they...

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... enter the film it's almost like the opening of a popular TV show: "last week on Dawson's Creek." Just substitute William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet for the actual television show and Verona Beach for the location. This notion is further enhanced by the presentation of videoclips showing widespread carnage and hostility. What happens next, but the characters are introduced in a sort of 1970s ... -TV show-type format. Baz Luhrmann Tells the greatest love story of all time, in our time. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona Beach; a violent modern city of guns, money and...

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... of the film changes. For example in "Romeo and Juliet" the star crossed lovers have just got married and the weather is bright and sunny. Ten minutes later on Verona beach, (a totally made up set of which Luhrmann is very proud), Mercutio and Tybalt get into a fight which ends in death, the sky clouds over and inside the arch to the ... beach the weather is dark and grim with a single ray of light on the deceased Mercutio. Luhrmann also uses comedy to break up serious and intense scenes. In "Moulin Rouge" the ... ...

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... decay. In the death of Mercutio and Tybalt scene, the scene begins with Mercutio shooting wildly into the waves. The public setting and the indifference of the citizens around the beach show that violence has become commonplace and accepted. The guns are carried by everyone and are easily accessible. As Mercutio jests with the waiter, both pull out their weapons, almost ... in this family feud and it is threatening the very foundations of the society. The degeneration of the Globe theatre into a pool hall and the lure of prostitutes on the beach show that the society no longer holds mor...

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... by Luhrmann's film is the fact that the urban cities are decaying, ugly- which is portrayed very successfully using the opening scene (from the helicopter) and the scenes at the beach. Another aspect of the Baz Luhrmann version that particularly modernises Romeo and Juliet is the unique soundtrack compiled. In Baz Lurhmann's version, a compilation of popular songs has been used to ... ...

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... , from which she subsequently dies. Luhrmann makes his films into an almost theatrical experience. In Romeo and Juliet parts of it a re filmed with them on the stage on the beach. In Moulin Rouge commences with the opening of a red theatre curtain. Also people's clothes are exaggerated so much that it is almost as if they are costumes instead of clothes ... ...

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... . Luhrmann not only changes the background of the play, he alters the costumes of each of the cast members to blend in with modern society. He also modifies Verona into a beach, which most youth of today can associate a part of their life with. Associating oneself with a play may appear odd at first; however, it is an important role in any creation ... ...

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