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Studying two film versions of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'.  

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We have been studying two film versions of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Baz Luhrmann directed the first film we watched. It was set in the 1990's and the second film version we watched was directed by Franco Zeffirelli this version was produced in the late 60's, but set in the 1600's. For this essay, I will be talking about the two films and comparing them to each other. I will also say which version I found the most interesting and explain why. One of the most interesting differences was the opening of the films. Baz Luhrmann's opening film was my favourite opening between the two versions. He made the newscaster say the words of the prologue by showing the newscaster on the television with the headlines of a newspaper on the top right corner of the screen. As soon as the newscaster finished the prologue, Baz Luhrmann made the images speed up with...

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