![]() ![]() Fittingly, Sword, Longsword, and Dagger are brand names of arms makers. The Capulets and Montagues are engaged in a senseless but ancient turf war Luhrmann gives it to us with sleek skyscrapers, grim news headlines, and explosive street riots. ![]() In that, I think Luhrmann and Whedon and their ilk are very much heirs to William Shakespeare’s legacy of creating entertainment for the masses, probably more so than those directors painstakingly recreating Elizabethan-styled staging and delivery.įurthermore, I think most of what some may perceive as Luhrmann’s liberties are in fact true to Shakespeare’s original intent. Like Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing (2012), it takes the original play’s plot bones and verbal muscle, and gives it a fresh new skin, more appealing – and familiar – to modern movie audiences. Baz Luhrmann delivers a visually stunning Romeo + Juliet for the 1990sīaz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) is one of my favorite film adaptations. ![]()
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