La citazione pittorica in Giulietta e Romeo di Renato Castellani

Abstract

The present study aims at analysing the pictorial quotations in Renato Castellani’s film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (1954). After a brief account of the film’s genesis and the historical and cultural context in which it was produced, the paper goes on to examine some examples of the way the director chooses and uses his pictorial references from the Renaissance: the composition of the frames, the description of the main and minor characters’ physical aspect, and the style of the costumes. Another – and not less important – purpose of the paper is, to hopefully contribute to the rediscovery of an outstanding Shakespeare film which today is virtually forgotten.