West Side Story (2/10) Movie CLIP - Love At First Sight (1961) HD

[@OpenOceanOnly]

To me, this "love at first sight" makes so much sense. Maria and Tony are probably the only "innocent" ones at the dance. They want peace and unity and hate the petty squabbles between the gangs. They sense that in each other and thus come together. Pure art and beauty.

[@kimberlykline6506]

OrangeXenon54 Yeah sadly they were In love and unfortunately put in the middle of unnecessary hate between other people.

[@phoenixphoenix969]

✨💃💥💛🕺✨

[@gabrielleclennon6589]

Facts

[@Reneebenson]

Agreed

[@5d512]

They seem to be twin flames.

[@jackierosas9593]

There's something so awkward about this scene that makes it so charming as well as beautiful. The loud snaps, the odd phrasing, and Richard Beymer's natural awkwardness. He's not too graceful, a little clumsy and there's a clunkiness about him as if he wears his body like an oversized coat. Tony's words are also in awe but in a "I can't believe this is happening" way. Then there's the delicacy of Natalie Wood, Maria's dialogue contrast Tony's. She's also in awe but confident and direct. To top it off the rainbow lights and background dancers add the right touch of the surreal while being rooted in reality, you can tell those are stage lights or something to that effect. And the result is . . .magic.

[@totesme14]

"My hands are cold" *stares until he gets the idea A+ flirting

[@12classics39]

A truly cinematic moment. Can’t believe some think the blur effect when Tony and Maria first lock eyes is dated or something that couldn’t be repeated in the 2021 version. The love at first sight moment in the new adaptation has none of the magic of this version; the whole point of this moment is to show how their meeting transports them out of the harsh reality and into an ephemeral yet no less powerful bubble consisting of nobody but each other.

[@crab2195]

i completely agree. instead they just shoved them behind some ugly bleachers. the 2021 version would’ve been pretty good if they hadn’t changed this scene. i truly can’t wrap my head around why they would.

[@mareamaral2817]

I honestly prefer the 2021 version, way more chemistry

[@seanjohnson7367]

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[@mca1218]

I'm 53. I need to open with that, because most of the times I watched this movie was on television in the 1970's. Back then, there were no HDTV's with wide screens, so any number of edges of a widescreen film would be cut off in a TV broadcast. It wasn't until I was in my late 20's that I saw it on the big screen for the first time- and the scene at 0:08 of the screen blurring and Tony and Maria seeing each other for the first time (and from opposite directions of the screen) actually got a small gasp from the audience- we all suddenly felt that this was no longer just a film, but an event. Many of the film's visuals are something to behold. "America" is another wonderful sequence. And the score of Bernstein music is simply sublime and powerful at the same time.

[@graitneyboi]

great review .......im stealing that for facebook x

[@mca1218]

+Norman Nelson Thank you, LOL!! I had similar reactions to Hello, Dolly! (Todd A-O) and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World (Ultra-Panavision 70), when you could see the elusive 'big W' to the extreme left of the screen off in the distance.

[@Russell_Huston]

The music for West Side Story really is Bernstein's masterpiece! I know that fact disappointed him a little bit. Lenny really wanted to be Gustav Mahler, and who can blame him for wanting that, to be the musical High Priest of the Transcendent. But this is really beautiful. This touches so many hearts, and if accessibility is a virtue in art, and I think it is, Lenny can stand right along side Gustav.

[@alicesierra8805]

I've loved this musical ever since eight grade. Timeless.

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Haha same here! Loved it then and love it now.

[@chriswilson6494]

i also love how the lights gently fall down - it takes you to another place

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I love how surreal this is, this is what it actually feels like, love at first sight

[@germanbravo9949]

By far the best version, incomparable, a cinematography bestseller, the new version does not come close at all.

[@ethel532]

This movie will surely stand the test of time. Hard to watch Natalie Wood, though. Her death was such a tragedy.

[@catecate2342]

ethel532 k,

[@ademirsegura6307]

Especially if her widowed husband had something to do wit it

[@tejjensen9402]

I saw West Side Story in 66 when it finally reached our little movie theater out in the countryside. It hit me with great speed right in my heart and for me it is still the greatest musicals ever.

[@samuelcapritta1086]

best adaptation of romeo and juliet

[@sammygirl4080]

Yay

[@Vydio]

@@sammygirl4080 The line ..."Have we met before?" "I know that we have not."

[@turtle_fps]

its an appropration not an adaptation

[@malcolmgerald]

Possibly the most perfect movie ever made, certainly the best musical of all time.

[@susanmilligan2017]

Beautiful moment in cinema. Choreography is perfect for two innocents.

[@3spoons366]

The true origin of the t pose

[@aalimjivan8024]

Still one of the best love at first sight scenes ever! Who is watching in 2021 and feeling nostalgic

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Me!!

[@kristawilliams1417]

Just watched the new rendition of it. I’d have to say it’s just as amazing.

[@daniellavaladez9538]

“So warm.” “So beautiful.”

[@Potter1D]

Is it just me who thinks he turns into Snape when he says 'so beautiful' ?

[@Jennaslense_]

Lol, so true!!

[@foxteen8721]

And then James eventually pushes him aside.

[@johnsonken96]

great, that's all i can hear now

[@Hiddenplace414]

Lmao

[@stephaniestanley8041]

I still hope and believe in love like this

[@kimberlykline6506]

Stephanie Stanley I wonder the same thing. Where do you find a guy like this these days.

[@kimberlykline6506]

Stephanie Stanley I hope it is still there somehow.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

Where do you see live like this, in my mind this is the best

[@vinista256]

Well, it’s love that overcomes obstacles. What are the obstacles, now, anyway?

[@jonathandoelander6130]

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[@notdave2752]

“...but this is so much more-“ *”My hands are cold.”*

[@ALBUMOF2008]

My dad told me this was what it felt like when he met my mum 🥺🥺🥺

[@johncaputo9965]

The superiority of the original is summarized in this one scene. Here we have poetry, ballet, magic, the inner experience of the characters. Spielberg sacrifices this for showy camera angles and a more prose realism. He therefore misses out on the intention of opera/musical theater's purpose: transformation. Sorry Stephen.

[@clifftrainor6774]

I've been on such a Natalie Wood kick for some reason it's starting to worry me. She's too damn huggable.

[@johncaputo9965]

This beautifully touching scene is all the more poignant to me as my lovely parents met like this at a dance, and it was love at first sight. Because I believed in it, the same thing happened to me 35 years later. Both of our lady loves also came to a sad end, one by death (cancer) one by shock (divorce).

[@JustNicole6400]

I used to always skip this part when I was a kid 😂 after the Mambo scene it was always too boring for me. It’s nice to rewatch it and see how simple yet beautiful it is

[@anthonybrinkley1940]

Leonard Bernstein is a great composer. He makes this scene as well as the greatest scene in "On the Waterfront".

[@niclacy4048]

honestly, i get that. but if you listen to it, the middle has an absolutely stunning violin trio thing that takes your breath away. it is worth it listening to. it paints such a phenomenal picture of the beauty and simplicity of this scene, but it also subtly foreshadows future occurrences of the dynamics of their relationship. the trio is eventually undercut by a rhythmically augmented and intentionally sinister utterance of the mambo theme before the violin trio phrase finishes. it’s beautiful and deserves to be acknowledged.

[@CSILVESTRO1]

This scene is so much better than the 2021 version

[@malexander4094]

Sooo disagree...! for so many reasons...

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

This film makes my heart melt

[@19Titaniclover12]

"my handy are cold" thats so cute^^ I should do this with my crush :D

[@kristinamartines6806]

I think she got so existid her hands turned icey

[@hamacharlene8668]

I really love their dance in this scene !

[@Greyseabee]

Other than Big Fish this is the best love at first site moment I’ve ever seen because it’s real this is actually how it happens time slows down, everyone around you fades away and the only person you can see is them standing there

[@WrenByrd55]

I get why they had Tony and Maria have a little convo under the bleachers in the remake, it's more practical to show the two leads having a moment of connection through dialogue. But this scene will always be better to me, cause it shows how otherworldly and effortless their love is.

[@alchemist4evr]

I find it interesting that the dancing in this movie is very innocent and celibate, as if it was from the original Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet where the dancers only touch hands and elbows; here they barely touch at all. Plus the "my hands are cold" line is a textbook flirting line from the era in the same way the "blushing pilgrims" exchange from the play was to the 16th century. Little touches like that show the creators of WSS wanted to bring more Shakespeare then just the plot points.

[@sharonmiller7215]

This is the scene that the new movie version got wrong. This is pure genius!

[@WillScarlet16]

I just missed Arthur Laurents' dialogue; my ears were pumped for 'My hands are cold'

[@ladyjane2323]

Yes! I thought that too. Here is pure magic. To be honest Natalie Wood is irreplaceable, she's such a good actress. She hypnotise you in every single scene.

[@planetmayhem2012]

agree. the new one's attempt to make the 'love at 1st sight' concept more realistic didn't feel organic. it was a decent remake though. not as good as the orig but good enough

[@FM103.5]

@@planetmayhem2012 I personally think the remake is better, but this scene is so much better done in the original

[@shannonhughes203]

I agree! I love how everyone almost just fades away in this version! In this one you can tell that Maria and Tony are mesmerized with one another, but in the other it was played more like they were just intrigued, and not mesmerized.

[@chantellefaith7860]

TONY

[@tuliplover8862]

natalie wood is absolutely stunning. what a kind soul, too. i recommend that anyone who reads this comment should watch “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind”, it’s an HBO documentary made by her daughter and it’s fantastic

[@mattmorgan9995]

Natalie Wood is Fantastic there was some debate about her Puerto Rican accent. but I am 51 years old and she will always be the one and only Maria and I know she didn't sing in this movie . go get real

[@schannstewart9385]

Amazing how she looked so Puerto Rican. Shes from Russian descent

[@austinpearce5442]

Schann Stewart they put brown makeup on her

[@j.p.4315]

Schann Stewart Well there is not standard to look Puerto Rican. Puerto Rican’s come in all colors. From white and blue eyed to dark skinned and black eyed.

[@medalgear654]

@@schannstewart9385 umm most Puerto Ricans look white

[@kaithomas7920]

Some people say that Richard Beymer was miscast in the role as Tony because he didn't look like the former leader of the Jets. Even he himself said he was miserable in the film because he didn't know enough at the time. But I think his performance was absolutely good.

[@sunflower-xi5ct]

I definitely feel the 1961 version definitely showcases the otherworldliness of this moment for both Tony and Maria, in some ways better then 2021 version (although I love that version too) there is a real sense of awe here and I like how Maria is the first to initiate physical contact “my hands are cold” LoL

[@guadalupehicks8269]

Always a classic.

[@benhoene6404]

"I've never learned how to joke that way before....And now I never will."

[@marlenesilkemar2828]

Romeo y Julieta...el musical

[@Anonymous18531]

I’m so glad Spielberg chose to keep and reinterpret this dance. Still sweet and innocent in 2021.

[@charlesmartel7502]

Actually, he destroyed it. Instead of a magical port opening, Tony and Maria duck behind a curtain.

[@jenniferwise8515]

@@charlesmartel7502 not true. They went behind the bleachers.

[@charlesmartel7502]

@@jenniferwise8515 Whatever. Point is, no magic portal opens.

[@jenniferwise8515]

@@charlesmartel7502 it is called artistic interpretations..Used to stimulate our imagination, which is a great thing.

[@nicholaslee4669]

@@jenniferwise8515 the 2021 movie was not as good as the original version

[@andreatreese8347]

As someone that has had her own version of "love at first sight", this is very accurate. The entire world DOES fall away, and all that matters is that person you just discovered. He's my husband now, btw. Going on six years.

[@rschuster54]

I was very closely related to this musical comedy in 1961 when it was filmed in the neiighborhood were now stands the Lincoln Center. Many years later my younger daughter Yael Marga studied drama at Amda the adrama school and performed there and I went to see her there. She now lives in Hollywood California and works for Amda in Calif. All my life has been related to music and shows and once the Pandemia is over . I will go back to musical shows.

[@CutAndPrintFilmsAdamHowe]

My favorite movie musical

[@sammygirl4080]

Me took

[@sammygirl4080]

*Too*

[@Jen-ss8mc]

I'm so happy Ansel Elgort got the part for this movie! I feel like he'll do an amazing job ❤️

[@austinpearce5442]

its life what about the young girl who’s playing María

[@Iden_Elihio_1999]

@@austinpearce5442 Rachel Zegler ...........

[@Jen-ss8mc]

@@austinpearce5442 What about her? She's a new actress. I have to see how she acts. I've never heard about her until now.

[@vinista256]

Jen Stephen Spielberg is pretty good at recognizing major talent and showcasing it (Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Embeth Davidtz, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana, Matt Damon, …)

[@Jen-ss8mc]

@@vinista256 okay, cool

[@missphoenix1495]

Natalie has such a small waist

[@boogiemeister9581]

She's wearing a corset Phoenix :) Her waist doesnt actually look like that Dancers will often wear a corset

[@tuliplover8862]

Boogie Meister she also just has a naturally small waist, in Splendor in The Grass her waist is very small too

[@runwaytooshort3642]

I love Christa

[@iloveprettygirls9543]

@@tuliplover8862 yes she had a small waist than in 65 and 66 she gain a lot a weight her body started changing. And she was wearing a lot of corset especially in the movie Gypsy...

[@a.hunter4911]

Now, why can't I find a guy like this? Oh yeah, cause guys like this are so rare that love this true doesn't exist

[@kimberlykline6506]

Karaoke Queen me too. where do you find a guy like Tony now.

[@Sal_Sal27]

@Caitlin Mendoza for Bernardo, it didn't really matter. As far as he's concerned, Maria was to just be his best friend Chino's old lady. Remember earlier that Anita said that Bernardo brought Maria to America to marry Chino and later Bernardo tells Maria that when she's an old married woman with five children, she can tell HIM what to do. Bernardo pretty much has no respect for his sister.

[@lavamatstudios]

Please don't think like this. Love in real life is a lot more awkward and messy and that's just what makes it fun. In a movie they have to abstract from all that to tell a story. Idealising it is stupid.

[@Josephrdt]

Cuz you’re not a girl like her

[@breakdanceinghobo]

Every time I see this scene with the Gels on the camera and the lighting/cinematography I think of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It doesn't make sense on paper he directed both. But watching this scene it clicks.

[@kimberlykline6506]

it would be so cool if this actually happened in real life. I mean when was the last time two people looked across a crowded room and fell in love with each other.

[@ajiayishwariyalakshmijm7354]

Johnny Depp had mentioned this exactly how he felt when he saw Winona Ryder for the first time. He even named it the 'classing glance'. It was love at first sight for both of them.

[@altoids79762]

Me and your mama

[@joeyvino8878]

Lighting can strike twice..had it happen like this with my Puerto Rican wife. And then years later with my 2nd wife, ironically named Maria.

[@rashaanwilliams9100]

The first time they saw each y, they knew that they would love ❤️ each other for the rest of their lives. If Tony had lived, they would have been together forever.

[@Agent-sw6se]

How to find love at first sight: T-pose each other.

[@thomaspaine374]

Hard to take your eyes off Natalie Wood. RIP

[@nancyalonso1779]

Jesus. Its a great classic. I just feel joy when i see these scenens again.

[@evamaloon1920]

i cant stop myself from laughing every time i see this clip. I mean i love the movie and i get yea it was a long time ago but i just i cant stop

[@DPaulHeard]

+Eva M In other words you got caught up in the whole love at first site thing and you're most likely crying right now. lol Its alright, I'll cry with you! :-)

[@landonhudson9726]

@@DPaulHeard it doesn’t exist

[@lavamatstudios]

This scene is very cute. The music reminds me of Nintendo games, in particular the Animal Crossing soundtrack. And the visuals are very expressionist, which is something we shouldhave more in movies.

[@SudhirKumar-sy9we]

I love West Side Story. I loved Natalie Woods as Maria. I loved how Tony and Maria found each other. And the ending is where I really broke down . Maria's speech about how not bullets but hate killed Tony, Bernardo and Riff was beautiful. But even though I loved Tony and Maria I liked Anita and Bernardo better. I mean they were a very charismatic couple and deserved a better ending. But that's just my opinion.

[@Vydio]

Sadly enough, Bernardo and Riff would have had a lot of trouble getting along because they are too much alike. Would they have been willing/able to change their ways? Bernardo wanted to be in America but didn't want to attempt to conform. Sadly, Anita and Maria wound up paying a price for it.

[@Sledgehammer110]

Unforgettable! I love it

[@LucyLovettLestrange]

Boy was this way ahead of its time

[@DomeniqueSolange]

Tony, so handsome!

[@vikavolt4]

1:36 They were debugged

[@oldmannebbercraker5097]

When you realize Maria is Susan Walker in the 1943 version of Miracle on 34th Street

[@hopeemch]

So much better than the 2021 version.

[@alexandradelloye6979]

J'adore ce film de danse... HEUREUSE d'avoir pu revoir ce film ...

[@YRS51]

Just like Romeo and Juliet! Had they just been allowed to date, they’d end up hating each other in a few weeks time and moved on to other people like normal teenagers 😂😂

[@ryanswang68]

Amazing how like dancing upbeat songs.🕺💃

[@andreasmith5396]

The boy who plays Tony is from the Diary of Anne Frank

[@Rosannasfriend]

I love how they blur everyone else out. This scene is better done than it is in the new movie. Not to mention they’re standing away from all the dancing. In the new one I was wondering why Maria wasn’t struck and shoved several times.

[@nicholassteel1146]

This scene is extraordinary. It certainly had a very piercing effect on me.

[@kayeasi2294]

I was just here for my schoolworks and i am just 15 then i started to love this one hahaha its great and so beautifulll❤

[@markc-ru4qz]

I love when they spoofed this on queer as folk with Emmett and some guy he met a club it was so funny.

[@Nick-xb5nz]

This is litterly how I met my crush. But no dancing, or walking up, or speaking to her.

[@kimberlykline6506]

Nicks_ _Life! Did you go to her window ?

[@emersonbolen784]

Classic AWESOME!!!!

[@sportmuaythaiv1045]

One of most memorable scene in movie. I snared my wife on a dance floor with killing eye contact. and other couples just faded away.

[@andrea36it]

A masterpiece scene ..

[@weaselwords99]

God I love this movie

[@zamyafields6513]

I love this moment in this movie and the 2021 version!

[@susanmilligan2017]

Love at first sight is real.

[@anthonyryanangie311]

I can't ever get the beat after maria and tony finish talking flames

[@vandie9759]

Dad would say . " when you see those eyes ,,.. RUN"

[@lindaplatts8416]

Wonderful film❤

[@BolshephobicBabe]

Then when Maria is dancing to this on the roof before hearing the news :( so sad. Why isn't there a clip of that???

[@WillScarlet16]

Nobody ever notices Jonathan Larson borrowed the 'cold hands' bit for Rent.

[@vinista256]

Umm … actually, he borrowed it from “La Bohème”. Do a Google search of “Che gelida manina” (you DID know that “Rent” is based on Puccini’s “La Bohème” … didn’t you?).

[@WillScarlet16]

@@vinista256 Yes thank you I DO know that. And I also know the song in La Boheme doesn't include the exchange "My hands are cold" "Yours too". I know what DOES have that exchange though.

[@suvanichhetri6335]

This is so good😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@LucyLovettLestrange]

It’s nice to see Romeo and Juliet get seen in a whole new way

[@半田朋子-i7y]

完璧なトニー

[@dogfacedogface1]

Cher referenced this scene when she described meeting Sonny at his funeral.

[@paulhydebugden1904]

Red White and Royal Blue surely had a similar idea in its New Year Party.

[@pageworkman2282]

He looks like a Ken doll - (sigh) to her short , ethnically beautiful barbie ❤

[@vandie9759]

Mom would say "That's how it happens "

[@nataliefreitas6367]

""whirling, twirling, buzzing" of falling in love."

[@jbello9398]

Oh man! The best part was coming up😂😂

[@jestercangke3470]

I love the original

[@alatus5779]

So beautiful.

[@mariannecaleo4623]

I love west side story I saw the movie with My dad

[@LauraVergara-ho6uh]

So sad rest in peace

[@jeffrey2138]

Was tanzen die am ende für ein tanz und wie heist der am anfang?

[@kmiller8642]

There's something I don't like about the way this movie is set up. The 'love at first sight' feels totally fake. They're both really attractive but I don't feel like they had one interesting conversation. They see each other for the first time and fall in love in about twenty seconds. They walk towards each other like magnets, eyes glazed over in a trance. Then they kiss after having scarcely said a word to each other. I don't feel any 'love' here just superficial attraction, downright lust.

[@ambskater97]

Well, it's based on Romeo and Juliet. That was the exact plotpoint.

[@andrewtucker94]

That's the whole point dude

[@audreyruby2994]

It's a musical bro. Plus it's based off of Romeo and Juliet. Things like this are meant to be exaggerated and dramatized.

[@thechelseachannel794]

it’s a movie chill it’s meant to be dramatized

[@TsarOfRuss]

@ k miller, ok then, go write your own movie... so another idiot like you can come comment on it and say there is something he doesn't like about it. you never do anything, but criticize those who does

[@theScytheofGod]

So...beautiful...

[@vivlove5221]

Okay I’m crying 🥲