Zeffirelli and Luhrmann on Movies About Romeo and Juliet

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Two directors, (Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann), alike in dignity, forge a motion picture of splendid taste. One ancient view of love to one modern, from Shakespearean play it is based. From forth these remarkable lines, they say, is the moment true love is on display. The two star-crossed lovers make their haste, to say the words that in public disgrace. But, both these directors have their own view, on what they want love to mean to just you. Comparing, contrasting, how they differ, these films are both great, not one clear winner. Both serve a wealth of pure satisfaction. Get ready, get set, LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
Franco Zeffirelli directed a traditional film portraying Romeo & Juliet like the classic forbidden romance Shakespearean connoisseurs would gobble up wholeheartedly. Zeffirelli utilized tools that he could take advantage of to depict his view of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Lighting, camera, and movement are some tools that help develop this scene. The set was radiating with endless moonlight; shining on the actor’s face on some opportune close-ups. It creates a sense of angelic like qualities; especially on Juliet when she is speaking to the hidden Romeo. The enormous set, filled with an inexhaustible amount of moonlight peaking through the high fake tree, also had a towering castle, accompanied by a giant wall, that deeply signified the laborious effort that it would take Romeo to scale the wall to finally be close again to Juliet. Zeffirelli additionally applied long camera shots to illustrate how exactly distant Romeo and Juliet are, and their longing for closeness. Juliet was on her high balcony in the top left of the frame and Romeo was on the ground in the lower right. Further symbolizing the distance between ...

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...makes it debut as Romeo sprints and scales the convenient placed ladder trellis to finally give us the final kiss the viewers were longing for, after the marriage plans. The balcony scene did have a balcony in it so Zeffirelli buffs can’t totally bash on Luhrmann’s take on Shakespeare’s classic tale.
Zeffirelli and Luhrmann are two very contrasting directors with very different tastes. The two movies are comparable in the aspect of being based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but reveal their version of love in polar opposites. Luhrmann thrusts the movie into the modern spotlight. It is more relatable, even enjoyable, taking Shakespeare's script and supplying a well adapted motion picture for the younger generation. Although, Zeffirelli conveyed what would have been the best adaptation of Shakespeare gaining yet another, final round-of-applause from The Bard.

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