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Aug. 22nd, 2006 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Last night's Shakespeare movie was Romeo and Juliet, the 1968 version by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Michael York, and others. The first two were the leads, cast as teenager unknowns at the time, which works well as Romeo and Juliet are meant to be teenagers. In my book it's close to a perfect adaptation of the play, which has certianly been adapted often enough. I suppose not every actor has a good grasp of the language (Romeo for example) but I think those are minor quibbles, because on the whole the movie succeeds admirably. Many consider this the best film version of this play, if not one of the best film version of any Shakespeare play. And the theme is of course beautiful and haunting.
Last night's Shakespeare movie was Romeo and Juliet, the 1968 version by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Michael York, and others. The first two were the leads, cast as teenager unknowns at the time, which works well as Romeo and Juliet are meant to be teenagers. In my book it's close to a perfect adaptation of the play, which has certianly been adapted often enough. I suppose not every actor has a good grasp of the language (Romeo for example) but I think those are minor quibbles, because on the whole the movie succeeds admirably. Many consider this the best film version of this play, if not one of the best film version of any Shakespeare play. And the theme is of course beautiful and haunting.
