West Side Story: a movie review and Girardian analysis in 18 tweets. You’ll thank me and save $13.69.

Saturday night is usually the night people go to the movies. But it’s a Labor Day weekend, so you have two more nights to head out to your local movie theater.

Here. We can save you about $13.69 in AMC ticket prices. We have a review below of the new (okay, not so new) Steven Spielberg‘s West Side Story, and it’s a stinker. The review comes to us courtesy of “Paulos “(handle @myth_pilot) on Twitter. He describes himself as an “interpreter of dreams” – which is kind of what a movie reviewer does.

Here goes:

Tags: Paulos, Steven Spielberg

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 at 6:38 pm by Cynthia Haven and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “West Side Story: a movie review and Girardian analysis in 18 tweets. You’ll thank me and save $13.69.”

1. D Carmi Says:
   September 9th, 2022 at 12:03 pm

   I disqualify myself ahead of time as I haven’t seen Spielberg’s production…because Spielberg produced it! I comment on the more general theme of your good observations regarding older drama films vs their modern remakes. It would take a truly extraordinary modern film for me to devote the time to watch it. I skipped the most recent iteration of Mutiny on the Bounty even though it’s one of my favorite stories and love the first two productions. Can there be superior modern remakes of A Patch of Blue, Of Mice and Men, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Ship of Fools, To Kill a Mockingbird or Giant? They are untouchable and in their own class like the original West Side Story is. There are a few more recent great movies like 2001 and Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) that effectively utilize modern cinematography to enhance the audience’s viewing experience but movies and stage performances are essentially storytelling. It’s marvelous that we have motion picture technology but quantity doesn’t equal quality and I fear the sheer accessibility to video production has lowered the bar to mediocre and regrettable productions even with their usually huge budgets. I enjoyed your sociological analysis of both versions of West Side Story, I find myself dissecting the stories of wonderful movies myself but certainly not as effectively as you can! Cheers, D Carmi

2. Cynthia Haven Says:
   September 9th, 2022 at 12:09 pm

   Thanks! However, I should clarify that these are not my observations, but those of “Paulos” on Twitter … whoever he is!