Why Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down is a rapper’s delight Read moreYet the announcement that William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet is officially 20 years old today pulled me up short. William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet was never meant to reach this age: it might be the single most teenaged film ever fashioned. Romeo + Juliet sent an instant neon shockwave through my high school. So, yes, two decades on, stray sounds and images from Luhrmann’s film remain entirely vivid, if not entirely undated. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2016 15:30 UTC