Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann, the director of the Red Curtain trilogy uses unique cinematic techniques such as post modernism (a complex paradigm of different philosophies and artistic styles), in such a way as to create films that excite the audience each film features luxurious design work through the use of costumes, music, sets and scrip, all being rich, sumptuous and intricate. each film as a thematic device through which the story is told, for example dancing in Strictly Ballroom, poetry in Romeo and…

other blue. The red signifies the Montague family and the blue the Capulets. The colors help show who is in each family. The reason Baz Luhrmann picked red and blue instead of any other color is because the colors are opposites as are the families. The colors also weren't extreme. For example, you don’t see Mercutio wearing blue pants and blue shorts. A way Baz Luhrmann shows it is by the color of Mercutio’s car. The mood of the movie was very different then the play. The play was very sad…

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald has been shown a level of appreciation, understanding and care by Baz Luhrmann in his 2013 adaptation of the text. It has been called “Something more sophisticated but no less visually entertaining than the average blockbuster-” by Kofi Outlaw, the talented editor in chief of screen-rant.com. One can agree that when looked at in comparison to the what is called the greatest American novel of all time that the narrative technique, choice of setting, themes…

Shakespeare’s most famous play is called Romeo and Juliet, although traditionally a script now has been portrayed as a film various times. Two versions have been broadcasted and presented the most due to popularity, Baz Luhrmann’s 1997 and Franco Zeffirelli 1968. Both films used the same traditional language and actions however set in different eras used different costumes and props. This is a comparison between the two films Act one Scene one. ------ Franco Zeffirelli setting of Romeo and…

talking to you about how effective Baz Luhrmann’s film romeo and juliet is as a modern appropriation of shakespeare's play. Baz luhrmann has appropriated shakespeare's tragic play to appeal to a more modern and younger audience as the movie was set in a more modern place like verona beach, california.even though baz luhrmann's film cannot fully comprehend the language of shakespeare they can draw meaning from aural and visual techniques, film techniques and acting. Baz luhrmann's film has…

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann was based off the book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald . Staring in the film is Tobey McGuire as Nick Carraway, Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carrey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan. The drama/romance filled film premiered in May 2013. The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway, writer and wall street trader, who finds himself drawn illusion and mystery of his millionaire neighbor, Jay…

In 1996, Baz Luhrmann defended his blockbuster film Romeo+Juliet, saying, "Everything that's in the movie is in the play. Violence, murder, lust, love, poison, even drugs that mimic death. - It’s all in there. It's just that we have come to associate productions of 'Romeo and Juliet' with a certain style”. It has been considered that perhaps Romeo+Juliet is an example of a triumph of style over content, in the worst possible way. However, it considers the universal truths from Shakespeare’s play…

personality and actions everyone did to demonstrate the time period. Fitzgerald uses modernist techniques to explain his character, with their fashion and looks. Fitzgerald influenced other writers from his American work such as the director Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann inspired by Fitzgerald and his amazing book. He successfully made a film of the Great Gatsby. An Amazing director himself, the movie was substantial exactly like the book. First Jay Gatsby, one of the main characters in…

in a different light as opposed to the Movie The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann. An article published by the New York Times, written by A.O. Scott supports this. The novel focuses more on the corruption of the American Dream by greed and wealth. The movie instead focuses more on the glamor of the 1920s rather than the underlying messages Fitzgerald portrayed throughout the novel. In the Novel the…

Baz Luhrmann uses his films to recreate classic texts and places to transform them into theatrical masterpieces. Throughout his career he has evolved and progressed in his cinematic language and techniques to achieve this, this is very evident in three of his films; Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet(1996) and The Great Gatsby(2013). All three of these films re-reveal either a place (Australia in Strictly Ballroom) or a classic text (such as in Romeo and Juliet and Great Gatsby). He…