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'How does Baz Luhrmann make his film of 'Romeo and Juliet' exciting and relevant for a contemporary audience?' Baz Luhrmann had to encapsulate a timeless Shakespeare classic into a contemporary, snappy, interesting and engaging Hollywood blockbuster. Well, no one said it was going to be easy. But the question still remains - how did he do it? Today's generation has been brought up with incredibly strong visual input through media such as television, posters, magazines and the internet. So doing justice to Shakespeare himself, while still trying to appeal to a modern audience was the first problem he would encounter. To tackle this he would have to incorporate an element that would not only relate to his target audience: teens and young adults, but would maintain the genius of Shakespeare's masterpiece as well. However, Shakespeare has been thought of by many as being dreaded and boring, so Luhrmann had to...

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