Baz Luhrmann

There are very many differences between Mercutio’s death scene in two movie versions of “Romeo and Juliet”. There is the Franco Zeffirelli version, which was made in 1968 and the Baz Luhrmann version, which was made in 1996. William Shakespeare was the original writer of “Romeo and Juliet”. Mercutio’s death scene is a very important part of “Romeo and Juliet”. The differences between this scene in the two movies can completely change how the story unfolds and how the audience feels about…

feeling about the future of the film. Since the audience already knows the outcome of the film, the director likely added that scene to increase the suspense and the dread the audience feels for knowing the outcome of Romeo’s fate. Similarly, in the Luhrmann film, Romeo walks into the moonlight draining all color from his surroundings. His eyes glisten with fear as he has his vision. A man is walking forwards in between a row of large green shrubs with crosses outlined with neon blue lights…

Gatsby as a character. Gatsby discloses his past to Nick, focusing on the great influence of millionaire Dan Cody on his life. Predominantly, the scene highlights Gatsby's key attributes to his success. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of the novel, numerous literary and cinematic techniques are implemented to convey patience and diligence are crucial in successfully fulfilling one’s desires. For a start, Fitzgerald utilizes allusion to characterize…

Romeo and Juliet Movie Comparison The classic play of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has been turned into a movie which are directed by Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann. These two movies are similar and different in many ways and the directors of each play tried to put their spin on this classic play. There are many scenes which are different and similar but one is Act 5 Scene 3. One difference is that when Romeo came to find Juliet she was in a church while in the newer movie but…

Do remakes ever work up to the originals? Movies may never work up to the original piece, but when making a movie of one of the most well known plays in the world, you have to step up your game. The movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann never really comes close to the play written by William Shakespeare. Every difference in the movie can affect the representation of the play, setting, characters like Romeo and even the plot. The Setting is one of the biggest parts of anything, book,…

The Great Gatsby, which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published in 1925. In 2013, Australian director, Baz Luhrmann adapted the novel into a film. Both the novel and the film take place in the summer of 1922. The plot follows the lives of Daisy and Tom Buchanan, Nick Carraway, and Jay Gatsby. Nick Carraway is the cousin of Daisy Buchanan, who is a rich woman that comes from a rich family. Long before meeting her husband, Tom, Daisy was smitten with a man, Jay Gatsby. Back in this time…

The Great Gatsby" is a movie based on the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The movie was produced in 2013 by Baz Luhrmann, and screen played by Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann. The audience of the novel and movie is young adults and above. The narrator in both the novel and film is Nick Carraway. Some of the other main characters include Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Jordan Baker. The novel is a better and detailed version of a story about a man who is…

alluring charm and poignant complexity. The poem “To a Grey Dress’ by Virginia Moore captures the melancholy desire for transient moments of beauty while deftly exposing the transient nature of longing. When comparing The Great Gatsby to the image by Baz Luhrmanns, they both show how difficult it is to find happiness and how it requires a lot of sacrifice and disappointment. This essay will examine how these three sources portray the longing for joy and the sacrifices that it may demand. This…

Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the Australian Film festival selection panel for 2016, I present to you an amazing and accurate representation of Australian culture and community, the film directed by Baz Luhrmann, Australia. The film Australia was set in 1939, Lady Sarah Ashley played by Nicole Kidman travels from Britain to Australia to meet her husband Maitland Ashley played by Anton Monsted in northern Australia as the business is failing at Faraway Downs Farm. Maitland…

naive. Within this essay I will explore the ways in which the nurse is presented by analysing her personality. Also I will explain the significance of act 1 scene 3 finally I will examine how or if the nurse is contrasted in the movie version by Baz Luhrmann. The nurse is one of the major characters in the play and like the friar she is a neutral character. She makes her first appearance in Act 1 scene 3 where she talks about Juliet as child. She repeatedly asserts that she has not had her 14th…