Romeo and Juliet

Don?t Hang Up Philosophy -Philosophy Can Make A Movie Film: Romeo and Juliet Director: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes Plot: Two lovers of rival, disputing families take their lives. Rating: Reviewer: Claire Ginn Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets... So begins Baz Luhrmann?s production of Shakespeare's beloved play, "Romeo and Juliet," from the famous opening …

…its sheer excitement and visual charge, there's no doubt it will get a whole new group of people (particularly teenagers), excited about Shakespeare, who was indeed a fabulous storyteller. If you need to see bodices and ruffled collars to enjoy your Veronese tragedies, choose otherwise; but if a boys' choir singing "When Doves Cry" seems the perfect accompaniment to the wedding of two star-crossed lovers, you'll surely enjoy the two hours' traffic of this staging.