罗密欧与朱丽叶1968

这部电影是文学史课上老师分享的，自己拷回来看。总的来说是一部很不错的片子，场景很美，对原著的还原度也很高。特别喜欢凯普莱特家舞会的那一段，罗密欧看到盛装的朱丽叶，惊为天人，主动上前参与舞蹈，随后二人在What is a youth的歌声中寻找着彼此。且不说插曲有多动听，两人的怦然心动多么甜蜜，单单是朱丽叶在围观的人群中不小心碰到的一位姑娘，神态装束居然与欧洲古典绘画中的女子别无二致，可见剧组着实用心。
刚开始看的时候，觉得两人的感情流露过于强烈。读原著时总感觉朱丽叶应当优雅而娴静，罗密欧应该沉静绅士，结果影片中朱丽叶热情活泼，罗密欧急切大胆，让我一下有点儿愣神。不过想想也是，如果两人性格过于内敛，也就不会这么快从一见钟情到私定终身了。而且故事中两人年龄也很小，还是冲动一些较为合理。
但是有一点至今还没有想明白，就是影片中迈丘西奥的形象。以前读书的时候，总是看他在开导为情所困的罗密欧，而且看到罗密欧被提伯尔托侮辱的时候上前为他决斗，感觉迈丘西奥是一个开朗正直的公子哥，结果影片里的迈丘西奥如此滑稽可笑、玩世不恭，着实让我吃惊。舞会前的宽慰开导变成了嬉闹玩笑就已经让我有些诧异了，对舞会后一行人找不到罗密欧却仍然嘻嘻哈哈更是不解，在仇人家里玩闹时同伴莫名消失居然不管不顾也是奇怪。到后来在街上偶遇提伯尔托的时候竟然索性钻进了水池，而且两人决斗的时候明显看出来迈丘西奥还是一副无所谓的样子，如同玩笑一般，结果把自己的性命就这么玩儿没了。记得原著中罗密欧说要为尊贵的迈丘西奥复仇，可是这个迈丘西奥没有一点儿高贵的样子，甚至可以说是变成了一个彻头彻尾的丑角，不知道这里用意何在。当然也许是我没有理解到位的缘故，莎翁的剧作里一般都有一两个丑角，只是很不幸我没有读出来迈丘西奥无形中扮演了这个角色的原因吧。又或许是他的形象较为接近丑角，故事中又缺少调节气氛的角色，只能让他来充当了。(乳媪能调节气氛，但私以为她绝非丑角。)
虽然如此，我还是非常喜欢这部影片的，推荐几个场景：1、开场时凯普莱特家和蒙太古家的械斗，将两家莫名其妙的仇恨演绎得淋漓尽致。2、一众狐朋狗友劝罗密欧去参加凯普莱特家的舞会，迈丘西奥的玩世不恭和罗密欧的多愁善感形成了强烈的对比，后来罗密欧开心地跟上众人，孩子心性非常可爱。3、凯普莱特家的舞会，两段风格截然不同集体舞蹈美不胜收，插曲动听，歌词恰如其分地概括影片主旨，罗密欧与朱丽叶在歌声中的相互追寻浪漫至极。4、夜晚朱丽叶在阳台的独白，奥丽维娅·赫西太美了。5、清晨罗密欧与朱丽叶告别，那种温柔缱绻无以言表，二人最温馨美好的时刻却成为了他们的最后一面，罗密欧为了朱丽叶的挽留不顾自身安危依依不舍，朱丽叶为了罗密欧的性命深情而又决绝，感人至深。
最后说一个小bug，舞会时唱歌艺人的面具一会儿戴在脸上一会儿消失，但不影响整体啦。

只能用“完美”二字来形容这部影片。

剧本为莎翁名作；演员的选择，就像有人说的：“似乎他们天生就是演罗密欧与朱丽叶的”；演技浑然天成，感情假戏真做。他们一个十七、一个十八，表情是那样天真自然。哦，朱丽叶演得多好啊！当听到奶妈口中残忍的建议时，她从伤心欲绝到难以置信、最后到冷漠坚定，短短几分钟内完成这样一种转变，如此真实！这简直不是在演……最后，连电影的配乐都那样完美无缺……

我将永远记得这一天才的场景：当忧伤的歌声响起，唱着青春的转瞬即逝，唱着爱情的甜蜜与苦涩，两个相爱的人正在急切地寻找着对方的目光——他们丝毫没有注意到这歌声，完全无暇顾及歌词，殊不知，这歌中所唱，正是他们的命运！

Love seems to be an eternal topic that has being discussed from the start of the human history. It is the most pure and lofty desire in people’s heart that cannot be hid. Many people when they fall in love have a pair of blind eyes that care about nothing but the loved one. Nothing can depart lovers even the most frightful and evil death. Romeo and Juliet are no exception among them. They fell in love with each other at the first sight and at last they chose death to show their faithful love to their lovers. Their lives end but their love is ever-lasting and their love story has being told from one generation to another throughout the world. I moved to tears when I was watching the film Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli. There is a voice beating in my heart: love is eternal and love never ends.
The film Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 was regarded as the most classic one among all the film versions of the story. Franco Zeffirelli wanted to let the film in full compliance with the original and focus on the complete text of the faithful into the picture. So he made a surprising and daring decision to choose two teenagers whose age is close to the characters’ in the original to act for his film. The heroine was seventeen years old Olivia Hussey acting as Juliet and the hero was eighteen years old Leonard Whiting acting as Romeo. Although because of their age their acting skill might not as good as some famous experienced actors, their young and passionate spirits created the film real and natural and welcomed by a great amount of audience. They were just like the star-crossed lovers walking out of the original book, and our audience couldn’t help being deeply immersed in their young and pure love story, laughing for them and crying for them.
How beautiful the scene when they first met in the dancing party.
When Romeo first saw Juliet, he was stunned by her breathtaking beauty. I could see the surprise and crush in his eyes which in every minute were following Juliet dancing steps. And then he smiled, as if he was waking from the stun and feeling glad to himself that he found a beautiful angel. “Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.” And Juliet, holding a little douting and curious, was watching the unfamiliar man with her clean and bright eyes who wore the mask staring at her. A love story began at this moment quietly. And later, the song What is the Youth was singing. Romeo was at one side and Juliet was at the opposite side. All the people were immersed in the sing except Romeo and Juliet. They were looking for each other in the crowd which formed the circle around the singing man. So there forms an interesting contrast between the audience and the lovers. And Romeo easily found her. Oh ,his eyes could not leave her for a moment! And almost at the same time she found him too. They were looking at each other, and getting closer and closer. When Romeo took Juliet’s hand impulsively in a sudden, the moment was so impressive and romantic. Only the actor and actress in their age could express the little nervousness and impulse when they first felt love so well. What a delicate moment！How pure and young!
Another scene was also classic by the two young actors’ well performance.
After the dancing party, Juliet stood by the balcony and said: “Oh Romeo, Romeo! Why are you called Romeo? Deny your father and refuse your name, or if you will not, swear to be my love and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” Her face was so honest and her voice was so sincere. And Romeo----such a frank and smart guy, jumped out of the trees suddenly and gave his promise directly: “I take you at your word. Only call me love and I’ll be baptized again. From now on, I’ll never be Romeo!” Juliet was so surprised! Her facial expression was acted so well which described a little lovely girl’s startle really penetrating. She was just about telling her inner secrets to the quiet night without knowing someone was hearing her confession! How could she let her secrets be leaked out? At that moment Juliet was like a little frightened deer, pure, clean and lovely. In order to calm down his love, Romeo climbed up the balcony quickly like a money!Oh ,how precisely he interpreted the crazy,the passion for his love!
Love was the theme of the film. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting interpreted the young passionate love with their heart and won the Most Promising Newcomer - Male and Most Promising Newcomer - Female in the 1969 Golden Globe respectively.
Except for two young actor’s nice performance, the film owned another distinguished feature----its music.
The soundtrack of the film was created by Nino Rota known as the Godfather of Italian music. Focus on the theme of the film---- love, he composed the famous song What is the Youth for the film and it became the classic melody and went deeply in audience’s heart. “What is a youth? Impetuous fire, What is a maid? Ice and desire”. It was first sang in Romeo and Juliet’s first meet, saying their youth, desire and strong emotion. “Death will come soon to hush us along. Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall. Love is a past time and never will pall.” The song seemed indicate the tragedy of their love story in the end, but “love never will pall”, which was just the belief ----love is eternal and love never ends that the film wanted to convey. And when I heard the song, I thought about another poem When You Are Old composed by William Butler Yeats. “How many loved your moments of glad grace, and loved your beauty with love false or true. But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face”. What a love! When a rose fade, youth is gone, I am still following you with my eternal love for you.
     In the end of the film, the two fortune’s fools chose death to show their faithful love. Even they were not accepted by others or by the wild society, they still followed love and never minded ending their lives. Nothing could divide them. Yes, they died. But they died together with love. The eternal love shone on them, and was telling the truth to all: love never ends!