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In three pages this paper examines how the director uses various production aspects to intensify the conflict in his 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragic play. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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Released in 1996 with young American stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the lead roles, Luhrmanns Romeo + Juliet is not set in the courtly enclave of Verona, Italy,
but rather in a trailer park in the fictitious town of Verona Beach. Angering many Shakespearean purists by relying upon only about one-third of the Bards text, Luhrmann focused
instead upon stunning visuals to explore the conflict between two star crossd lovers (Hager 137). He sought to appeal to younger viewers by presenting a slick production that created
the ambiance of an MTV music video. Shakespeares lengthy monologues were broken down into contemporary English conversational exchanges - with a few quotes thrown in for the sake of
authenticity - and energetic camerawork and visual montages were designed to command the attention of an easily distracted audience (Walker 132). In this film, the feuding Capulet and Montague
clans are corporate CEOs, and the opening prologue becomes pseudo-friendly broadcast news copy (Walker 132). The characters are introduced by close-ups that establish immediate intimacy with the audience.
While Shakespeares Verona was opulent, Luhrmanns Verona Beach "is a world of gaudy, oppressive materialism" (Walker 132). The director makes a conscious decision to transform a personal tale of
forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morality. The film depicted the growing conflict between right and wrong through the productions use of religious
imagery (Martin 41). Water is featured frequently, as are cathedrals and crucifixes (Hager 138). The striking contrast between violence and religion suggests that a society devoid of spirituality
is destined to self-destruct. This makes the eventual deaths of Romeo and Juliet even more tragic because their relationship is portrayed as both spiritual as well as physical.
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