1. Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film adaptation of Romeo + Juliet seeks to translate Shakespeare's play for a modern audience through revision, such as replacing candles with neon lights, while also celebrating Shakespeare's language through minimal changes to his dialogue. 2. It makes many adjustments to compress and cut scenes from the original play, while also expanding certain scenes like the death scene. This, along with its mixing of genres through visuals and sound at odds with Shakespeare's text, plays with the conventions of adaptation. 3. Despite changes, the film aims to retain the spirit of Shakespeare's tragedy and questions itself as a deconstruction and modern reimagining of the classic story for its audience, through its