![]() ![]() Who's goingto believe that corporate tycoons carry around swords and daggers (you know,the kind with blades) in their limousines? No one, exactly. The film itself is full ofseeming incompatibilities: guns and Shakespeare? Baz Luhrmann's vision of Romeo + Juliet, set in modern settings,could have been disastrous. Des'ree and Radiohead? Certainly not! It works, though. The combination ofbands and singers isn't something I think anyone would expect to see. ![]() ![]() In fact, when I saw the film, I didn't really noticethe music in it, with the exception of the gospel-inspired cover of "WhenDoves Cry" in one of the church scenes.įive years after I first saw Romeo +Juliet, I realized how great the soundtrack is. I find it amusing that several of the bands on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack were completelyunknown to me at the time. ![]()
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