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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Chilling" data-source="post: 307627" data-attributes="member: 33"><p><strong>West Side Story (1961)</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/West_Side_Story_1961_film_poster.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 296px" /></p><p></p><p>In preparation for when I watch the new version of this story, I thought I would re-watch the original for the first time in around 30 years. It is a stunning film, even better than I remembered. I normally don't like stage musicals on film if they are not made more cinematic but this film is an exception. On paper, scenes where there are fights between the 2 gangs told though dance would seem really camp and not believable but somehow they manage to pull it off spectacularly. The only negative I have with the film is the use of non latinx actors to portray some of the Puerto Ricans but other than that, it's a near flawless film.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angela Chilling, post: 307627, member: 33"] [B]West Side Story (1961)[/B] [IMG width="296px"]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/West_Side_Story_1961_film_poster.jpg[/IMG] In preparation for when I watch the new version of this story, I thought I would re-watch the original for the first time in around 30 years. It is a stunning film, even better than I remembered. I normally don't like stage musicals on film if they are not made more cinematic but this film is an exception. On paper, scenes where there are fights between the 2 gangs told though dance would seem really camp and not believable but somehow they manage to pull it off spectacularly. The only negative I have with the film is the use of non latinx actors to portray some of the Puerto Ricans but other than that, it's a near flawless film. [/QUOTE]
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