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Comparing The Openings Of Two Different Film Versions Of Romeo And Juliet
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Comparing The Openings Of Two Different Film Versions Of Romeo And Juliet In this essay I will be comparing openings of two different film versions of Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli directed the first version, which was released in 1968 that stars Leonardo Whitney as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet. Baz Lurhmann directed the second version, which was released in 1996 that stars Leonardo Dicaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet. In both the films the director has a prologue before the first scene, when Shakespeare wrote this play there would have been a narrator come on stage and speak out the prologue. The original play was set in Verona Italy, which is where Franco Zeffirelli set his version, but Baz Lurhmann tried to keep it modern and he decided to set it in Verona Beach, U.S.A. By doing this he keeps it modern and keeps the line...
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