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.