Describe how Baz luhrmann has adapted Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" for a modern audience.
Shakespeare's second tragedy, "Romeo & Juliet", was written between 1594 - 1596. The tragedy is brought about by fate and the story is based on an Italian Legend, which was well known in England at the time.
Baz Luhrmann directed the modern day film. It is shot in Mexico, although it is meant to be "Verona Beach which is a sexy violent world neither set in the future, nor the past."
The opening scene or prologue is a news report. The film ends with this theme of an ongoing news report. The lines are:
"Two household, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Shakespeare's second tragedy, "Romeo & Juliet", was written between 1594 - 1596. The tragedy is brought about by fate and the story is based on an Italian Legend, which was well known in England at the time.
Baz Luhrmann directed the modern day film. It is shot in Mexico, although it is meant to be "Verona Beach which is a sexy violent world neither set in the future, nor the past."
The opening scene or prologue is a news report. The film ends with this theme of an ongoing news report. The lines are:
"Two household, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,