Parte 03 of elfaceitoso's 15 part rendering of the film on YouTube is where Romeo and Juliet meet. But this part starts with Romeo comforting Mercutio. About 1/3 of the way through this segment, Romeo sees Juliet. A little before half-way through, he says "she makes the torches burn bright."
Compare this with the Baz Luhrmann version (next post).
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Showing posts with label Zeffirelli. Show all posts
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Close Comparisons in Narrative Art
However one sorts out the ontology of general criteria in art, Rosenberg's method of comparing two closely similar works of art is a helpful one. This is true, in my opinion, whether one is attempting to "grade" one work over another, or working in one of the other modes of discourse, particularly appreciation.
You'll be working on your Arts Colony Assignment this coming week, but I wanted to give you a preview of the type of comparison we will be doing in Week 6 when we compare two versions of the same play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. The two versions are cinematic adaptions done in 1968 and 1996. The director the the first is Franco Zeffirelli; the second, Baz Luhrmann.
We will be doing an intensive appreciation of these two and a possible evaluation in regard to certain respects; in particular, the "meeting" scene; the balcony scene and the death scene.
Working from DVD copies of these two films provides the highest quality, but YouTube provides good quality video, especially for the 1968 Zefirelli version. If you search "elfaceitoso" and "Zeffirelli" on YouTube, you will find a 15 part version of the whole movie. As an introduction, today we will take a quick peek at the way in which the two directors handle the crucial meeting between Romeo and Juliet.
You'll be working on your Arts Colony Assignment this coming week, but I wanted to give you a preview of the type of comparison we will be doing in Week 6 when we compare two versions of the same play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. The two versions are cinematic adaptions done in 1968 and 1996. The director the the first is Franco Zeffirelli; the second, Baz Luhrmann.
We will be doing an intensive appreciation of these two and a possible evaluation in regard to certain respects; in particular, the "meeting" scene; the balcony scene and the death scene.
Working from DVD copies of these two films provides the highest quality, but YouTube provides good quality video, especially for the 1968 Zefirelli version. If you search "elfaceitoso" and "Zeffirelli" on YouTube, you will find a 15 part version of the whole movie. As an introduction, today we will take a quick peek at the way in which the two directors handle the crucial meeting between Romeo and Juliet.
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