baz luhrmann's romeo and juliet was filmed in miami, united states.
baz luhrmann's romeo and juliet was filmed in miami, united states.
where in the united states was baz luhrmann's romeo and juliet filmed?
miami
australian director baz luhrmann's 1996 "romeo + juliet" and its accompanying soundtrack successfully targeted the "mtv generation": a young audience of similar age to the story's characters. far darker than zeffirelli's version, the film is set in the "crass, violent and superficial society" of verona beach and sycamore grove. the visual conventions of the film were (in stephen orgel's words) "largely those of porn films". luhrmann studied zeffirelli's heavily cut script, and retained shakespeare's language; however, he brought the setting up to date, making the montagues and capulets mobsters in a modern miami-like city (although actually filmed in mexico city and veracruz). luhrmann said of his film:
romeo and juliet on screen
romeo and juliet on screen









































william shakespeare's romeo and juliet may be one of the most-screened plays of all time. the most notable theatrical releases were george cukor's multi-oscar-nominated 1936 production "romeo and juliet", franco zeffirelli's 1968 film "romeo and juliet", and baz luhrmann's 1996 mtv-inspired "romeo + juliet". the latter two were both, at the time, the highest-grossing shakespeare films. cukor featured the mature actors norma shearer and leslie howard as the teenage lovers while zeffirelli populated his film with beautiful young people, and baz luhrmann produced a heavily cut fast-paced version aimed at teenage audiences.
romeo and juliet on screen