Steven Spielberg on West Side Story: I didn’t feel like I was violating the classic

Sircar talked about how the film modified into as soon as a nostalgic outing for him, as he had conducted this play all over his theatre days. He then asked Spielberg, “Like you ever attain corpulent circle as a filmmaker touching upon musicals, a mode that you simply have gotten gotten no longer touched before?” Spielberg answered, “This fashion has been shut to my existence all my existence. It simply took West Aspect Legend to halt a musical.” He modified into as soon as corpulent of admiration for the distinctive composers of the 1957 musical.

Shoojit Sircar then asked about mixing theatre and cinema in a corpulent-scale manufacturing. Sircar additionally talked about that he modified into as soon as attempting to invent a musical but ‘didn’t have the braveness’, and known as Steven Spielberg dauntless. Spielberg acknowledged, “I judge as we gather older, all people will get extra dauntless. I desired to be dauntless to have interaction this on, and this modified into as soon as per the Broadway musical. This could well well simply also be liberally compared with the 1961 film. I didn’t feel like I modified into as soon as violating something else because I don’t in actuality essentially worship remakes. I’ve in suggestions this an legit and re-imagined version of the musical. I didn’t feel like I modified into as soon as violating the traditional by telling this 2021 myth.”

Sircar additionally acknowledged that West Aspect Legend modified into as soon as a conversation, and a dialogue with the early life, because the film addressed just a few primary considerations within the sector, including xenophobia. He additionally talked about that the movie is additionally an attempt to rediscover empathy.

West Aspect Legend stars Ansel Engort, Rachel Zegler, Maddie Zegler, Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno amongst others. The film will hit shows on December 10.