Baz Luhrmann the director of Romeo and Juliet takes Shakespeare's famous play and updates it to the hip modern suburb of Verona but still retaining its original dialogue. The gun - toting members of the families wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers, their tragic destiny. It is a rivalry between the Hispanic Montague's and the punk Capulet's. Luhrmann wanted a realistic updating of the famous Shakespeare story so he decided to present the Montague and the Capulet family as rich people in a modern world. In the original Shakespeare play the families were wealthy so Luhrmann is trying to stick to the story as much as possible in this tale.

When Baz Luhrmann chose Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as Romeo and Juliet because he was hoping to make a Romeo and Juliet that was accessible to young audiences. He wanted the perfect couple, good looking a

nd youthful so his choice of main actors is therefore... one word love. Harold Perrineau (Mercutio) and John Leguizamo (Tybalt) were chosen because they are the typical type to play that character. John was able to give this bad boy image for Tybalt while Harold was able to make Mercutio funny and charming yet a perfect fighter when need be. These were the perfect characters to watch over Romeo and Juliet. Miriam Margolyes tends toward caricature as a Hispanic Nurse, but is always understandable and occasionally funny, while Peter Postlethwaite turns in the films strongest performance as the morally ambiguous "Father Laurence"

The setting I would say is mostly in two worlds, the world of Romeo and Juliet and the world of Verona. The world of Verona is violent and cruel while the world of Romeo and Juliet is a perfect, loving atmosphere. As I said the families were rich and had designer cars, lavish parties, mansions and security guards etc. In the balcony scene the fairy lights show this is like a dream, a perfect place. Everything is peaceful. The music in the balcony scene suited the whole theme

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