Comparison Of Romeo And Juliet By Baz Luhrmann

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Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has a striking opening scene. Set in the 1980s in a busy Miami-style city/resort, known as ‘Verona Beach’, the conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets is very well represented. The setting suggests, even at a first glance, that there are going to be violent shoot outs, and you are not going to be disappointed. The prologue is first presented as a news report on a television set, and then splashed over the front pages of numerous newspapers, showing us how important and relevant this conflict is to the entire city; were it not a major disruptive and important set of events, there would be no reason to inform everyone of it, and most certainly