Franco Zeffirelli

In the movie Romeo and Juliet, the Franco Zeffirelli film, there were differences between it, and the play by William Shakespeare. Some of them were critical to the story, and the others were just small and did not impact it. For example, in the beginning when the characters are introduced, they are all introduced when they are in the play, except for Rosaline. That didn’t impact the story, but others had a bigger impact. There were also some plot holes in the movie, and differences in the…

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 certain characters. Weather is a major difference between these two movies. In the Zeffirelli version,…

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written between 1590 and 1592. Set in both Padua, and Verona, Italy, the play details the “love” story of Petruchio and Katherina. Shakespeare had written the play to be a comedic piece. In 1967 Franco Zeffirelli transformed Taming of the Shrew into a movie. Maintaining the original story line and setting, Zeffirelli worked the relationship of actors Richard Burton, Petruchio, and Elizabeth Taylor, Katherina into the comedic movie. In 1999 the Shakespearean play was transformed again and…

Romeo and Juliet Essay When comparing both the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli movie version of Romeo and Juliet with the 1996 Baz Luhrmann movie of Romeo + Juliet, I feel that the newer movie by Baz Luhrmann is more effective. It is more effective because it is able to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in a way that younger generations can understand. This 1996 version is easier to understand because people can relate to the movie as well as follow the storyline. Two specific…

A movie adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare directed by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 portrays the original work of the playwright and script. The story is about the tragic, and untimely death of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet . In the following scene the story opens to Act III Scene i with Mercutio and Tybalt. This scene follows the interaction of major characters such as Tybalt, Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio. Throughout this scene, the adaptation was able to interpret the following:…

family disputes never fail to keep them apart. A chain of events guided by chance, arouse additional conflict and drama to the plot; this ultimately ends in the couple’s untimely death along with the reconcile of their feuding families. In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli directed a film very similar to the original play. While the movie and play have many identical scenes, a numerous amount of differences stand out to the majority of viewers. The film should coincide to Shakespeare's original version in…

In the Zeffirelli film, Romeo walks to the center of the courtyard the moonlight bathing half his face in light and the other half in shadows. He has a worrisome look on his face as he proclaims his prophecy. As the word death echos from his lips, bells in the distance…

Petruchio’s intensive taming process, Kate became a traditional 16th century’s wife. 400 years later, Franco Zeffirelli…

Denmark" (I. iv.95). While Shakespeare begins after King Hamlet’s funeral, Zeffirelli instead decides to begin at the former king’s funeral—a scene created solely for the movie. While an organ plays solemn, formal music in the background, the camera reveals the castle’s crypt, where a body lies, surrounded by a grieving family members, a son, a new king and a widow. In a sequence of dramatic pan-ins (camera pans in on a face), Zeffirelli quickly links all the major characters. This shows that he…