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Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) was a film made for an audience, specifically teenagers and young adults. Although the film did not stray too far from the original text by Shakespeare, it took creative liberty to a new level. It clearly was a film for the times. From exploding gas stations to helicopters hunting…
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Romeo + Juliet Film Review
By Amanda Faller Romeo + Juliet (1996) directed by Baz Luhrmann is an enormously polarizing film. Although I can see why some truly do not like it, I hardly agree with them. Romeo + Juliet is a one of a kind film, filled with dazzling visuals and touching, good-bump inflicting moments. Luhrmann’s treatment of…
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A Film Review of Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. That is no new news, and yet the statement gains a fresh connotation when it is made in light of (or indeed, when it is making light of) the 1996 Hollywood retelling: Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet. Taken out of its original Renaissance setting, modernization has not been kind…
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Ian McKellen’s New Shakespeare App
Hey all, I found an interesting article I thought was worth sharing. Sir Ian McKellen recently launched an iPad app that he believes will make Shakespeare more enjoyable and interactive for students. So far only The Tempest is available, but if he releases any of the plays we’re studying this semester I would be very interested…
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ENGL 311 Blog: Jay Dhillon. Thoughts on Film,T.V, and Live Theatre
How does the medium effect Artistic Expression? Out of the three mediums, the one that is least conducive to artistic freedom and genuine innovation probably is television. Television faces a variety of constraints that the other mediums do not. Firstly, T.V is a lot like advertising in that it needs to “hook” the audience. Television…
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Hello World!
This is my first post on the English 311 blog, just to check a few features of this theme like where the tags show up — and what happens when you set a Featured Image. I see it appears above the title of this post on the home page, but not in the post itself.…