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keep in mind that Shakespeare is lengthy, and requires a true commitment of time and effort.
• Romeo and Juliet: 1992, PG-13, 2 hours. Herb notes his first real enjoyment of Shakespeare came with this film. In the classic story, depicting two “royal houses at variance with each other,” boy meets girl, love ensues and tragedy results. This is not Franco Ziferelli’s lovely, romanticized picture of 1968, but a gritty, in-your-face production of Baz Luhrmann (his most recent film “Moulin Rouge” is in theaters now) set against a futuristic urban backdrop (Verona Beach, Ca., versus Verona, Italy).
The tragic love story, with a riveting musical score by Nellee Hooper (including a startling use of Prince’s “Purple Rain”), features Leonardo DiCaprio and the wonderful Claire Danes as the doomed young lovers. One scene features Ms. Danes with real feathered angel wings and she looks every inch the seraph. Paul Sorvino and Brian Denehey head up the long-feuding Montague and Capulet clans, the weird John Leguizamo plays Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, subsequently killed by Romeo, and Pete
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