Comparison Between Act 3 Scene 1 in Franco Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet and in Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet
I am going to compare the two pieces of 'Romeo and Juliet, Act 3 Scene
1' that I have been studying for the past few weeks. I have been
looking at; Camera shots, setting, special effects, moods, costumes,
characters, etc. These things are severely thought of by the director
before and during the making of the film.
I have been looking at Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet and Franco
Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet.
The budget for Franco Zeferelli's film had a much smaller budget than
Baz Luhrmans did. This was because the film industry didn't really
want Romeo and Juliet to be brought out at that time. Whereas, Baz
Luhrman's version was much more appealing as younger people would want
to watch it. The result of this was that Franco Zeferelli had to cast
unknown actors.
Many interpretations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet have come and
gone, two of the most famous are listed below:
· West Side Story by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins - The musical tale
of Rivals, The Sharks and The Jets, being brought together by Tony
(Jet) and Maria's (Shark) love. In this interpretation there are a lot
of issues on racism.
· Romeo must die by Andrzej Bartkowiak - This hard - hitting film is a
war between a Japanese company on the docks and an African-American
company on the docks, fighting over land. In this situation, an
unlikely couple emerge (Han Sing and Trish O'Day).
There are many preferences to Romeo and Juliet in many different types
of Media, e. g:
· In the Bon Jovi song, 'Always' , The first line is 'It's Romeo
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the Received Pronunciation. Baz Luhrman, on the other hand, gives his
characters casual, contemporary American. This is a very big
difference and the more recent version is a lot more welcoming to
younger and older people, giving it a wider range of audience.
Zefferelli's version is a lot more jovial than Luhrman's, e. g. When
Mercutio is stabbed he knows he's injured and makes puns about it in
Zefferelli's and in Luhrman's he makes jokes and a little later
realizes the extent to his injuries.
In conclusion, I have noticed not just big, but huge differences
between Franco Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrman's Romeo
and Juliet. I prefer Baz Luhrman's offering, I usually like the
classic versions of things, but Franco Zefferelli's version just
didn't affect me as Baz Luhrman's did.
out of the movie. He did this to shorten the movie and also to make it
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said by the chorus. This means it is an idea of a group of people
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