COMPARISON OF Romeo and Juliet 1996 by Baz Luhrmann--Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeferelli
COMPARISON OF
Romeo and Juliet 1996 by Baz
Luhrmann
1968 Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeferelli
Setting
California's Verona Beach but filmed in
Mexico The Capulet House, when they
are at the masked ball, was a set stage
at Churubusco Studios and also on the
beaches of Veracruz, all of this became
Verona Beach.
Italy
Clothing Montagues
Buzz cuts, pink hair, tattoos, colorful
dark and somber clothes navy/dark blue
Capulets clothes
Vests, tattoos, mainly dark clothes
lighter, brighter, clownish and more colorful colors
used like orange
weapons
guns and pocket knives
daggers, swords, knives
Household fighting
corporate rivals
household rivals
film
faster film sequences
film scenes sometimes linger
with the TV newscast
the begining starts with a panoramic view of the
Italian landscape. As the camera pans around, Sir
Lawrence Olivia ( I believe, I have to check that one)
reads the famous prologue.
movie starts
3rd brawil/1st fight starts in the gas station then moves to
starts at the town market and then moves to the
scene
the streets
town square
Killed
many killed
(few or many) killed
Party
Costumes
everyone is in costume
does not seem everyone is in costume
Rosaline
Mentioned while playing pool, Romeo
laments about her and his sidekick
(Benvolio-I think) writes her name on a
chalkboard. Newswoman mentions her
name.
is mentioned and seen at the party and Romeo +
Benvolio talk about her and later talked between
Friar L. and Romeo.
R&J first see each
other
Romeo first sees Juleit when she is dancing between
two men, then she slightly notices Romeo
through the fishtank in the bathroom
Also, their eyes truly meet each other when they are
across the circle while the white male is singing
Paris
Paris dances with Juliet
Paris does not seem to dance with Juliet (according
to what we saw)
Singer
African American female
White Male
R&J first kiss
in an elevator
behind curtain with candles
Mercutio
At the END of the
Dance by Mercutio in Drag like RuPaul No dance by Mercutio and barely seen at the party
Juliet's mother drags Juliet off
Juliet's mother summons Juliet away
Party
Later after end of pool scene when Romeo comes back to
Party
propose to Juliet
balcony scene
proposed to Juliet
while in the pool wet
while on the balcony
Tybalt fight scene
with Mercutio and
Romeo
by the stage
by the church
First formal
confrontation
Tybalt fights and shoves away Romeo
between Tybalt and
first
Romeo
Mercutio’s speech
- ("both houses")
As Mercutio Dies
"help me in some
Mercutio’s speech while on the stage
Tybalt first gets in a fight with Mercutio
Mercutio’s speech while on church steps
Mercutio asks Benvolio to help him into a house or
line is not used
he will faint
houses.."
Mercutios dies at
Mercutio dies on the beach in Romeo's
arms
Mercutio dies and falls on the church steps
Romeo gets poison
Romeo gets poison from man with
billiard table
buys poison from an apothecary
Tomb
Romeo getting into has to hold a man so the police will not Romeo opens the tomb by slamming a nearby rock
tomb
shoot him before he enters the tomb
on the doors
Romeo in tomb with Romeo does not see Tybalt and does
Tybalt
not mention him while in the tomb
Juliet’s dead
movement
Romeo sees Tybalt dead and says something about
it
Juliet does not move, but In the end, I think it is
important to note, that while Juliet does not move, it
is apparent to everyone but Romeo (well, he sees it,
Juliet slightly moves her fingers before
but does not understand it), that Juliet is still alive.
she fully awakens and then touches
The color is beginning to return to her face. "Even
Romeo's cheek at the same time he
death hath no power yet upon thy beauty. Death's
drank the poison
pale flag hath not advanced there." He even goes so
far as to comment upon the redness of her cheeks
and lips.
Juliet awakens
just as Romeo drinks poison
when the Friar arrives and a few minutes after
Romeo drinks the poison
Juliet kills herself
gun to her head
with a dagger to her side/chest