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Romeo And Juliet

“Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say good night till it be morrow.” - (William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet.) Romeo and Juliet is an epic of both tragedy and romance, it is written by a historic author; William Shakespeare who is well known for the tragedies he has written it is heartbreaking and full of emotions. Tragedy is one of the branches of drama, it consists of a great person that brings himself to doom by a flaw of character or an overthrow of power and fate. Out of this painful script that aroused tears two movies were created, the first one was by Zefereli which is the older version; on the other hand Luhmann directed a newer version. This essay will include a comparison between both versions of the move and which one adapted most to the play.

The two movies were a challenge to make; both had their challenges and eases, the Zefereli version was the easiest to relate to the timing because of the time it was set in, it was set around the time Shakespeare would have probably written it. The clothes are classic and beautiful; you see the jesters walking around and the ‘kinsmen’ of both families. On the other hand the Luhmann version was set in modern times, people were dressed like how you would on your regular days, the ‘kinsmen’ for Juliet and Romeo were fighting around with guns however it is originally swords. The Luhmann version is closer to non realistic because in the year 1996 if such a trauma was created it would be abolished immediately it would have been a world war like it was. The film techniques were progressed from a version to another, the music in the Luhmann version was more luminous, you could tell it was there and that it had significance. Although it might not have been always appropriate because of the advance in it. As audiences to both version the reactions were different, in Luhmann’s version it was easier to comprehend and relate how ever in Zefereli’s it was difficult because the...