{"title":"Franco Zeffirelli","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1923 February 12th\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003cbr\u003eDirector and Designer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Otello]\u003cspan\u003e is \u003cem\u003eone of the greatest operas ever composed, but it needs some trimming, even on stage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat we are doing now, by introducing opera to larger layers of society throughout the world, through the cinematic medium, could be compared to the revolution of culture in the late fifteenth century when book printing was invented.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpera, for Zeffirelli, is the complete form. His films of Shakespeare, similarly, unashamedly aim to appeal to all the senses. Shakespeare is, for Zeffirelli, a 'frustrated traveller' with a desire to take his audience on a sight-seeing tour of Italy; and his union of Shakespeare with Italian Renaissance culture earned him the nickname 'Shakespirelli'.\u003c\/em\u003e - Deborah Cartmell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI believe \u003c\/em\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003cem\u003e is the most exciting film of Shakespeare ever made. 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