Don?t Hang Up Philosophy -Philosophy Can Make A Movie Film: Romeo and Juliet Director: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes Plot: Two lovers of rival, disputing families take their lives. Rating: Reviewer: Claire Ginn Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets... So begins Baz Luhrmann?s production of Shakespeare's beloved play, "Romeo and Juliet," from the famous opening …showed first 75 words of 671 total…

…showed last 75 words of 671 total…its sheer excitement and visual charge, there's no doubt it will get a whole new group of people (particularly teenagers), excited about Shakespeare, who was indeed a fabulous storyteller. If you need to see bodices and ruffled collars to enjoy your Veronese tragedies, choose otherwise; but if a boys' choir singing "When Doves Cry" seems the perfect accompaniment to the wedding of two star-crossed lovers, you'll surely enjoy the two hours' traffic of this staging.