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The movie we bring to you today is "West End Story", which is a classic of American "street song and dance films". Released in the United States in 1961, the film was directed by Robert Wise and starred Natalie Wood, Richard Bemel and others, and was hailed as the contemporary "Romeo and Juliet".
Adapted from a classic musical of the same name on Broadway, the film tells the story of two major gangs in the West End who often fight in the streets, where One Gang Leader's friend Tony falls in love with another Gang Leader's sister Maria, and finally the two leaders have a tragic duel, and Tony dies tragically.
The film quickly became a hit on the screen after its premiere in New York. This film is actually adapted from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, exposing the racial problems in the society at that time in the form of street song and dance films, which can be said to be a modern urban love tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
The film breaks with the traditional model of Hollywood song and dance, abandoning the relaxed and cheerful style and incorporating serious social issues into song and dance. The gorgeous scenes of the song and dance drama have also been replaced by realistic street scenes, making the song and dance drama closer to life and creating a new truth for modern song and dance films.
The film's success is inseparable from the film's outstanding cabaret performances, such as "Maria", "Goodbye at Night" and many other songs, as well as vibrant, dynamic dance scenes, which have created a model for modern song and dance films to learn.
This movie is very recommended for everyone to see, this film is called a landmark work in the history of musical theater, and it is a play of great artistic value in the history of music in the United States and even the world.
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