Steven Spielberg on ‘West Side Story’: It’s a direct conversation with the young people all over the world today
The Hindu
The movie depicts the love story between Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort’s Maria and Tony, whose ill-fated romance fans the bitter rivalry between local New York street gangs the Sharks and the Jets
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg says he had to be fearless to be able to make “West Side Story”, a reimagining of the beloved Broadway musical of the same name, and credits the films he helmed so far for giving him the “courage”.
An adaptation of the famed 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, the movie depicts the love story between Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort’s Maria and Tony, whose ill-fated romance fans the bitter rivalry between local New York street gangs the Sharks and the Jets.
The stage musical also saw a movie adaptation in 1961, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.
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