On the 3rd Nov, 2026 Baz Luhrmann posted that it is 30 years since his version of Romeo + Juliet came out. He advertised that there’ll be a concert version of the film with the music played live. How AWEsome! I absolutely loved Romeo + Juliet, it was one of the most influential movies of my teens. It would be incredible to experience live, but unfortunately I’m not well enough.
On 1st Nov 2019 I drew ‘Star Crossed Lovers’ from Romeo + Juliet. In 2020 I drew Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio. They were some of the first artworks I drew in Procreate when I got my iPad with Apple Pen.
I remember a friend raving about the movie at a New Year’s Eve party in 1996-1997 when I was 16, so then I ended up seeing Romeo + Juliet three times at the cinema in Jan 1997! I watched it countless times on video, then DVD. The music became the soundtrack to my teens!
I loved Claire Danes and Leo DiCaprio so much. We watched the Franco Zeffirelli version in grade 8 in 1993 and I thought it was beautiful but so old! Baz Luhrmann’s version was exciting, vibrant, fast-paced, stunning, emotional, and one of the most significant films of my entire youth. Now it’s so old, haha!
What a wonderful film to celebrate!