Product: Romeo and Juliet [Region 2] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
a first rate film to view at each phase throughout one's life
I bought this film to nurture my daughter's love of Shakespeare, whom she is studying on her own (at 10). To my delight, I can watch her watch this - with my son (6), who likes such different thngs in it! - and witness the growth of her mind.This film is very special to me, as I saw it in full adolescence (with my first girlfriend), then as a young adult (alone at the time), and now in middle age (with a happy family). At each time, I have experienced it completely differently, first as a simple true love story, then as a chance passion with deadly consequences, now as a set historical piece in a country I lived and worked in. Each time, this film has stood the test and been a thoroughly rich experience.This version is unbelievably fine and sumptuous in terms of detail. Every image is brilliant and multi-faceted. My daughter sees different details in it than I do, while my son likes the action and verbal dexterity. They both like to watch it with the subtitles on, so they can read it while watching. The acting is also fabulous and daring: afterall, the leads were young untested actors on the big screen, but every character is as subtle as they are in the original text.This is one of my favorite films, and now my daughter says it is her favorite film. What better recommendation could I offer than that?