As for Mr. Zeffirelli's settings and the elaborate Renaissance costumes, they look very rich and mellow in the misty pastel colors that are used. But they, too, like Nino Rota's music, tend to monotony.
The Taming of the Shrew
The motion picture they were made for!
1967 · 1h 57m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
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The Taming of the Shrew
Overview
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
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Comedy is sustained in witty wedding ceremony.
More debased Shakespeare from Franco Zeffirelli.
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