The most brilliant (and risky) decision Luhrmann made was keeping Shakespeare’s original Elizabethan dialogue completely intact. There are no modernized "Hey, babe, I love you" lines. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes speak in perfect iambic pentameter while wearing Hawaiian shirts and holding guns.
La estética visual de la película, por su parte, es una de las características más destacadas de la producción. Luhrmann y su equipo utilizaron una paleta de colores vívidos y una mezcla de imágenes reales y efectos visuales para crear un mundo visual que fuera a la vez bello y desgarrador. romeo y julieta pelicula 1996
Upon release, the film was polarizing. Purists scoffed; teenagers swooned. Nearly three decades later, it is widely regarded as a cinematic landmark that did the impossible: it made Shakespeare cool, urgent, and tragically beautiful for a new generation. Here is why this movie is essential viewing. The most brilliant (and risky) decision Luhrmann made