Who Shot Romeo and Juliet: Zeffereli's Romeo and Juliet (1968)

In the midst of the social unrest of 1968, Zeffereli’s adaptation
of Romeo and Juliet discards the social commentary established by
West Side Story, and focuses instead on the simplicity of teenage
lust.  We discuss the embrace of the original text and
Elizabethan style and the strategies of storytelling in what
would come to be one of the most critically acclaimed versions of
Romeo and Juliet.