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The similarities and differences between the opening scenes of the Baz Lurhmann version and the Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet.
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The similarities and differences between the opening scenes of the Baz Lurhmann version and the Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet In this media course work I was asked to compare the differences of the opening sequence between the Baz Lurhmann version made in 1997 and Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet made in 1968. One of the main differences between the two versions of 'Romeo and Juliet' was the opening. The Zefferelli movie had quite a slow opening, in contrast to fast and furious opening of Luhrmann's version. Both films used Shakespeare's play properly, but their outcomes were very, very different. Zeffirelli's version of the opening was set in a market square, whereas Luhrmann's opening was in a petrol station. When the Montagues and Capulets have a confrontation in Zeffirelli's film, the argument is quite courteous, in a mocking way. But in Luhrmann's version, everyone is frantic, especially the...
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