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The Christian imagery throughout the film suggests that Romeo and Juliet's love can be read as an allegory to the connection of people with God or Christ; the allegory is also naturally applied to the connections within the families themselves, as shown by an initial picture of Capulet and Montague buildings divided by one street. Loyalty (Motif)
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The Nurse is Juliet’s loyal friend and go-between in...
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The audacious opening sequence of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo and...
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Jul 14, 2015 · Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, like it's successor is also rife with symbolism. The symbols, just like they did in Moulin Rouge, help to support the storyline, further connecting the viewer with the characters and helping them to understand consciously and subconsciously.
The audacious opening sequence of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo and Juliet is a tour-de-force piece of MTV-style filmmaking that is designed to immediately seize the viewer's attention by evoking the seedy, frenetic energy of youth culture in mid-1990s Los Angeles, California.
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Sep 5, 2019 · Every part of the film had to have symbolic meaning, including the costuming. The costuming specifically focused to act as ‘non dateable’ objects, meaning that the clothing could not date the film and render it timeless.
In making the film, Luhrmann has adopted a style which is completely ‘of’ the 90’s’ - action scenes, music, soundtrack etc. - but which blends with Shakespeare’s words. Before we look at the film itself, it is worth thinking about the words which are so often applied to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ - ‘tragic’ and ‘love story’.
Mercutio playfully begins handing out the invitations to the Capulet party to all the Montague boys, while suggestively dancing and pulling the invitations out of various parts of his outfit. He dances on the Sycamore Grove proscenium with the other Montague boys while watching the fireworks continue to explode.
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