West Side Story DVD [2022]

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The film's screenplay hews more closely to the Broadway script of West Side Story than to the 1961 film adaptation written by Ernest Lehman. [31] Moreno, who played Anita in the 1961 film, plays Valentina, the wife of the stage play character Doc; Valentina is also a reconceived and expanded version of Doc's role, which is as a mentor to the younger characters. [43] Opening - Director Steven Spielberg begins the journey of one of his career goals - to direct his own cinematic version of the iconic musical. Doing so means he will embrace enormous challenges. There is also a new weight and dignity afforded West Side Story’s Latinx characters, whose culture – and the racism they face – is more sharply drawn. When I speak to Ariana DeBose, who plays Maria’s friend Anita, she confesses to mixed feelings about the 1961 film. “It’s a product of its time,” she says. “You realise, ‘Oh, they’re in brown-face.’ That is not my favourite thing about the film. But I do still think it’s a classic.”

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Tony sings "Cool" to Riff to convince the Jets not to fight at the rumble that evening, while playing keep away with the gun bought by Riff, instead of Riff singing it to encourage the Jets to stay cool during the war council at Doc's Drug Store or Ice singing it in the aftermath of Riff's death. [29] Horst, Carole (January 8, 2022). " 'West Side Story's' Iris Menas Brings New Dimension to Old Character". Variety. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022 . Retrieved January 8, 2022. But in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, transgender nonbinary actor iris menas (who prefers not to use capital letters) shines as an older Anybodys as the script by Tony Kushner illuminates the racism, harm of gentrification and the frustration felt by people on the fringes of a postwar society that doesn't value them because they don't fit in to the American dream narrative. Saad, Nardine (December 7, 2021). " 'West Side Story' reportedly banned in some Middle East nations after censors' input". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022 . Retrieved December 28, 2022. The following year, he further explained why he felt the time had come for a new film adaptation of the musical:

a b Marzola, Luci (March 2, 2022). "How 'West Side Story' Revives a Lost Style of Dance-centric Musical". IndieWire . Retrieved March 10, 2022.

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bouzereau, Laurent (2021). West Side Story the Making of the Steven Spielberg Film. Abrams, Incorporated. ISBN 9781419750632. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021 . Retrieved October 9, 2021.