Sparkes, Daryl 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8782-0519
(2021)
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet at 25: is this the best Shakespeare screen adaptation?
The Conversation, 11 February 2021.
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Abstract
It is 25 years since Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann released his gloriously spectacular version of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the doomed lovers. While some praised the film as 'clever and well-executed' and 'genuinely inventive', others labelled it 'a very bad idea' and 'a monumental disaster'. How could one film be so polarising?
This article looks at why this film has become a pop culture. icon and examines whether it is the best adaptation to screen of a Shakespeare play ever.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | No |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published version made available in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution/No Derivatives License 4.0. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Creative Arts (1 Mar 2019 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Creative Arts (1 Mar 2019 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2022 01:46 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2022 08:40 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Shakespeare; Luhrmann; Romeo Juliette; film adaptation |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media > 190204 Film and Television 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media > 190201 Cinema Studies |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4701 Communication and media studies > 470107 Media studies |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/45504 |
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