It keeps Shakespeare's text but dramatically reframes it in a late-1990s setting in Mexican-influenced Southern California ("Verona Beach"). William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, a somewhat polarizing update directed by Baz Luhrmann starring Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio.Romeo and Juliet (1968), a 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film starring Olivia Hussey as Juliet and Leonard Whiting as Romeo.Romeo and Juliet, a 1954 film directed by Renato Castellani, starring Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall in the title roles.Featured 34-year-old Norma Shearer and 43-year-old Leslie Howard playing the teenaged lovers. Romeo and Juliet, a 1936 film directed by George Cukor that received four Academy Award nominations.Romeo and Juliet, a 1935 ballet with music by Sergei Prokofiev.Romeo and Juliet, a 1932 short story retelling by Karel Čapek.Roméo et Juliette, an 1867 opera by Charles Gounod.Roméo et Juliette, a 1839 "dramatic symphony" in seven movements (choral and instrumental scenes) by Hector Berlioz.but not everyone might be aware that their story ends tragically, nor that their much-celebrated love was actually their downfall. That is, the vast majority of the English-speaking world knows that Romeo and Juliet are icons of passionate, youthful love. One of the most notable meta-textual features of the play is the way most of it fits comfortably in an author's arsenal of Small Reference Pools.
Has been adapted for silver screen numerous times, perhaps most famously by the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann's zany 1996 adaptation which moved the story to a modern setting. Quite a few directors have made comedic productions which can, in the right hands, become Black Comedy at its finest. This, combined with the impression that some have of the title characters as immature and selfish, has led to productions of different moods.
It's titled Romeo and Juliet, and dammit, that's who we're going to be watching.ĭespite the heavy subject matter, there are many lighter moments (as in most of Shakespeare's works). The play is a simple one and doesn't feature any of Shakespeare's famous side plots or other distractions.
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