The following questions refer to the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film version of Romeo + Juliet. Please answer them as completely as possible.

1. How is the prologue introduced in this version of the play?
2. What is your impression of the bright colors and music choices in the film?
3. What kind of weapons do the characters carry in this version?
4. How does the film show that the Capulets and Montagues are wealthy?
5. How do Benvolio and Romeo learn of the Capulet party?
6. What is your impression of Mercutio? Why do you think the director portrays the character this way?
7. Why do you think Mercutio offered Romeo a pill?
8. How is Romeo different from the group of boys he hangs out with?
9. How does this film treat the idea of masks at the Capulet’s party?
10. What costume did Tybalt wear?
11. How is Romeo and Juliet's first kiss suspenseful?
12. How does Romeo learn of Juliet's family relations?
13. How is the balcony scene not a “balcony” scene?
14. What is your impression of Friar Laurence?
15. Why did Tybalt have all bullets but one removed from his gun and why did Mercutio reach for Romeo's gun to do the same?
16. How was Romeo's reaction to his banishment slightly different in this version?
17. How is Juliet's reaction to the news of Romeo and Tybalt different in this version?
18. Lady Capulet seems to have a specific reason for not wanting to take up Juliet's cause with Lord Capulet. What is it?
19. How was the discovery of Juliet's death very different from the play and the other film?
20. Why do you think “Mantua” is depicted the way it is?
21. What is different about Friar Laurence's letter?
22. How is Romeo's entrance to the tomb especially dramatic?
23. How is Romeo's suicide especially tragic in this version?
24. Why do you think the director added so many religious icons and images to the film?