Anna’s Blog

The Shakespeare production that I saw outside of class was Romeo and Juliet with Claire Danes and Leo Deo. It was set in modern times in Los Angeles, but still used the original lines from the play. Compared to the ways that Macbeth was reinterpreted in the videos that we watched, this movie was very strange. It was very different from Shakespeare’s original play because everything happened really fast. It reminded me a lot of the fast paced beginning of Moulin Rouge, which is kind of strange because when I read this play in eighth grade nothing about it reminded me of Moulin Rouge. It wasn’t a very good film and I wouldn’t really recommend it.  It’s really confusing and I was sick of watching it after 20ish minutes.