Polyphonie et le Roméo et Juliette de Baz Luhrmann
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This paper studies polyphony as cacophony in the beginning of the film by Baz Lurhmann and a variety of cultural clichés. The ethnic conflict combines with a cultural conflict. But voices do not convey only class sociolects; they also convey individual emotions. The death of Mercutio is studied in detail. The film makes the play into an opera, or even into a melodrama. The voice of the dying character is a specific difficulty of operatic spectacle which is successfully rendered in the film. The authenticity of the spoken lines also recreates the voice of Shakespeare himself in flesh and blood so to speak.
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Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard, “Polyphonie et le Roméo et Juliette de Baz Luhrmann”, Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare, 17 | 1999, 89-108.
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Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard, “Polyphonie et le Roméo et Juliette de Baz Luhrmann”, Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare [Online], 17 | 1999, Online since 01 November 2007, connection on 23 January 2025. URL: http://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/shakespeare/327; DOI: https://0-doi-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/10.4000/shakespeare.327
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