Baz Luhrmann

“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?” These are words spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1996. Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well as the overall production of the adapted versions of the plays. The masquerade ball takes place in the Capulet household, and that is about as far as the similarities go between the films. In the…

directed. In the movie Romeo and Juliet in 1996, we get a glimpse of symbolism, character backgrounds, the setting`s history, and homosexuality. Director Luhrmann made the film to teach the audience about love or how the culture worked. The theme of reckless romance is portrayed in the classic eye-opening 1990`s film Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann through characterization and setting. People in the 1990`s had the biggest change with the internet from personal computers to emailing…

Romeo + Juliet is a movie about two star-crossed lovers who journey with a relationship between the toils of two families feud, adapted from Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and produced into a film by Baz Luhrmann. The movie details the lives of Romeo and Juliet, who are in love, though caught in the confusion of their families feud. The lovers conceal their relationship, but that doesn’t keep either families from concealing their ‘swords’. Several die in the conquest of…

the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the storyline is seemingly similar to the film, which was directed by Baz Luhrmann. This is apparent, as they are both heavily reliant on Jay Gatsby’s hopeful romance with Daisy Buchanan. However, several differences can be identified through the film in relation to how various characters are represented by Luhrmann, these changes are made to simplify the plot. This in turn effects the characters’ interactions and ultimately the overall…

Within the 2013 movie The Great Gatsby, the director Baz Luhrmann produces towards the end a scene of a gloomy foggy dock where a tiny green light blinks and cuts across the bay. The green light is the only source of light in the scene and contrasts with the dark blue surroundings. A man appears the green light illuminates his silhouette as he reaches a hand out towards the light. As he turns around it is shown it is Jay Gatsby and he turns back around to shakily reach for the light again. The…

Great Gatsby: 1920s extravagance in a 2013 world Great Gatsby is a romantic drama conveyed from Baz Luhrmann’s film adaption of the novel of the same title by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A film of grandeur, fantasy, and sorrow brings alive the story of Nick Caraway’s fateful summer with the rich and fabulous set in a fictional Long island town. While the movie stays true to the original book, many parts are recreated in a new light. Nick Caraway is in a hospital for treatment after an unknown period of…

adaptations and productions. Romeo and Juliet is about two feuding noble families in which their children fall in forbidden love. This leads to many consequences and series of events. Two of the most famous movie adaptations, Franco Zeffirelli's (1968) and Baz Luhrmann’s (1996), have their own take on Romeo and Juliet’s story, they are very different but the same. Both films focus on the true love between Romeo and Juliet and the tragedies that come after. The fray in the beginning of the movies…

Izzi Grniet English 2A Bosworth 9 November 2015 Great Gatsby Essay Great Gatsby Film vs. Novel: Love The Great Gatsby film, directed by Baz Luhrmann, and the novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are two wonderfully entertaining works that contain a variety of similarities and differences. In the film, the viewer can understand exactly what is happening in the story without inside comments from the narrator and without any real thoughts involved. However, the novel challenges the reader to…

lasting desirability, making the succinct novel difficult to translate to the big screen. Nonetheless, in the decades succeeding the novel’s release, several adaptations to screen have emerged; the most recent is the 2013 interpretation by director Baz Luhrmann. While the film contains all of the gaudy outrageousness of the book, the very personality of the title character is lost in translation: the Gatsby of Fitzgerald’s pen morphs into a sinister force on screen, making the adaptation an…

Great Gatsby’ is a novel, written in 1925, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This historical fiction takes place in 1922, following characters that live in New York. ‘The Great Gatsby’ movie was released in 2013, as a romantic drama, and was directed by Baz Luhrmann. It contains the same characters and setting as the original book. The story is told by Nick Carraway, who was Jay Gatsby’s neighbor, and he is also Daisy Buchanan’s cousin. Throughout the story, readers encounter tragic events from the…