Re: Who wrote Holden Caulfield
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Wed, 04 Nov 1998 10:34:00 +1100
> I can't believe anyone could be so incensed about the recent movie
> rendition of Romeo and Juliet, going so far as to call it "not
> Shakespeare"! A fellow student and I followed the movie through
> Shakespeare's script and found that the only differences were caused
> by the time limit imposed by modern movie convention.
Exactly. This is what I mean by Luhrmann trying to take his cues from
Shakespeare. For example, In Shakespeare you *had* to have `What country,
friends, is this?' `Illyria madam' because you're on the stage in the
middle of the day having chestnuts thrown at you. Whereas in movies all you
need is EXT, DAY - A BEACH, ILLYRIA (:
> My
> only complaint was of diCaprio as a slightly girly Romeo. At times
> he sounded like a schoolgirl, especially in his opening ravings on the
> beach, IMHO.
Believe it or not, that was actually intentional; Luhrmann deliberately
placed him somewhat androgynously. For a couple of reasons - feminine boys
were considered attractive in the C16th and also the general tone of sexual
exploration embodied by characters such as Tybalt (How do I know all this?
Apart from seeing the film seven times at the movies, I'm doing an exam on
it next week!)
Camille
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