The Better Interpreter Since Shakespeare there have been two major movie interperetations of Romeo and Juliet one which was made in the 60's and the other in the 90's. The first movie was directed by Zeffirelli and the modern was directed by Lurhmann. In my opinion Zeffirelli did a better job then Lurhmann with the stage directions they fight because first of all it was set in the same time and place which makes it …showed first 75 words of 398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 398 total…Romeo and Tybalt lose their swords and start wrestleing each other then one of Tybalts friends gives Tybalt a sword while Romeo is on the ground and Tybalt starts running towards Romeo, but Romeo finds a dagger and as Tybalt puts his arms in the air to strike Romeo jabs the dagger in to Tybalt's heart. In conclusion I think Zeffirelli out did Lurhmann on keeping more like Shakespeare, but both movies were equally good.