罗密欧与朱丽叶1968

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!

What is a youth 在电影中流淌 记得第一次听还是理查德版 现在听到原声 果然是不一样的感觉

悲剧 殉情的不在少数 而我一向也是偏爱这个结局 可是 殉情也分很多种 有孔雀东南飞中为表清白的死【这种最讨厌了】 也有两小无猜中一劳永逸的死 我最最欣赏的就是两小无猜 无比勇敢与美丽 罗密欧与朱丽叶的殉情却不太一样 他们都要分别面对自己爱人的死去 就目前来讲 我还没有见过另一对这样子的 这的确是悲剧中的悲剧 也只有莎士比亚才能够狠得下心

这部电影宿命感好强 在每一个点你都觉得有希望 明明冲突就要结束了 明明她就要醒来 唯一不可改变的 或许只是那头慢吞吞的驴吧 看完意外的心情沉重 只能安慰自己 就算他们死的很痛苦 但也好过让以后的柴米油盐一点点摧毁他们的爱情

Olivia Hussey的朱丽叶 有人说 其清纯热情百年难得一见 在我看来 清纯或许还不是那么突出 但那种热情是的的确确感染到我 她的每一个眼神与语调都彰显着她是怎么受尽万千宠爱地长大 彰显着她对这个世界无比的爱与骄傲 虽然总是哭哭啼啼 但绝色难掩 Leonard Whiting的罗密欧 英俊迷人 骨子里的敏感与脆弱真实可感 为兄弟报仇那一场戏震撼人心 要我说 他比Leonardo那版好【谁让我一向偏爱古典风】

有人说 活着总是有希望的
但是 爱情是不喜欢时间无聊的考验的
她要的是那一刹那的灿烂与疯狂
what is a youth
这就是答案