Spielberg's new film West Side Story reveals trailer, sword refers to awards season

By Lee - 30 July 2021

The new version of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg reveals a new trailer. In the trailer, lovers who are in two rival camps have developed a sadistic love. They can only date secretly and have to face the rush between families at any time.

The whole trailer is fluent, whether it is actor performance, lines, editing, dance, song, stage beauty, all are remarkable. Judging from the performance of the trailer, Spielberg did not show too much personal style in this musical.

Steven Spielberg has a keen interest in the remake of West Side Story, and this is also his first standard musical film. West Side Story is known as The American Gangster Version Romeo and Juliet. It is adapted from the classic Broadway musical of the same name. It tells a couple of street gangs Jets and Sharks in New York in the 1950s from different races. A forbidden love between.

In terms of actors, two old actors, Brian Darcy James and Corey Stoll, will play the Krupp police officer and Lieutenant Schrank in the film. The hero and heroine of the film were handed over to Ansel Elgert and the 17-year-old New Jersey high school girl Rachel Zegler.

The behind-the-scenes team of the movie version of West Side Story is amazing. The film director Robert Wise and choreographer Jerome Robbins work together to create a visual enjoyment; the lyrics writer Stephen Sondheim and the music master Bernstein work together Contributed to the gluttonous sense of hearing. The film is adapted from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It tells the love story of two gangs that are at odds on the streets of New York.

Tony Kushner wrote the scripts for Spielberg's Lincoln and Munich and the hit drama Angels in America. After adjustment, the film will be released in North America on December 10 this year. Compared with the previous schedule, there is a full year difference from the two schedules. However, it is worth noting that the new schedule is still placed in the awards season, which does not prevent the film from participating in the Oscars.