Baz Luhrmann’s Interpretation of the opening scene in “Romeo and Juliet” Concentrating on the presentation of character, setting and sound, analyse review and comment
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Baz Luhrmann's Interpretation of the opening scene in "Romeo and Juliet" Concentrating on the presentation of character, setting and sound, analyse review and comment on what seems to you to be significant features of Baz Luhrmann's style as a film director, with particular reference to "Romeo and Juliet" Baz Luhrmann's recreation of Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", as a film text, has been a great success in today's modern world. Baz Luhrmann's intentions, in making this film, were to take a classic Shakespearean play (something that not that many 'young' people appreciate any more in this modern age) and to modernise it. To translate the image of what would have been an exciting source of entertainment in the 17th century into a fun filled action/romantic movie suitable for the demanding eyes of the modern world's youth .Baz Luhrmann had ask himself the question: if Shakespeare were alive today, how would he of...

