The 1968
film adaptation of does an excellent job of translating 's most famous
play to the silver screen. Aside from not taking place on a stage, it is quite traditional in
treatment of the story. This adaptation is set in Renaissance Verona and deals with the love
between the teenage children of feuding noble families. Though this particular film stays quite
true to the tradition of and as it has appeared on stage, most people
today are so far removed from the original context (not to mention the language) that the play
does not have as much impact as it might have at its premier.
In contrast,
the 1996 Romeo + Juliet takes the essential plot and dialogue of the
classic play and places this into the context of modern gang violence. Audiences of this
modernized adaptation are more likely to have an understanding of the kind of turf wars and gang
violence which have developed in the United States...
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