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This is the first musical Spielberg's ever made, but he proves a natural: Few other American filmmakers have a more instinctive sense of rhythm and visual flow, or more direct access to your emotions.
Choreographer Justin Peck grew up with “West Side Story.” The son of a New York City father and an Argentine immigrant mother, he was first shown the 1961 movie musical when he was very young — the family by then lived in California, and Peck thinks his parents were feeling nostalgic. “I was so enamored by what I witnessed,” Peck said, in a Zoom interview earlier this month. “Seeing men perform and express themselves through movement was something I couldn’t fully comprehend, but something I knew I wanted to seek out.” He studied dance, came to New York at 15, and eventually be...
This is the first musical Spielberg's ever made, but he proves a natural: Few other American filmmakers have a more instinctive sense of rhythm and visual flow, or more direct access to your emotions.
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: Now we're going to hear an excerpt of our 2001 interview with Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her performance as Anita. She was
Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' has an old-school Hollywood musical feel and a sense of urgency—it already feels classic. Our review