Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova Romeo and Juliet (vaimusic.com)

[SickForest]

Worst kind of Russian melodrama?Based on what?The world is subjective. There´s not such thing like worst or better, big or small. An Actor acts based on life, people are "weird" on life and so complex, our reactions are not the same on some specific situation,so, "god acting" should be based on the context and, again, the context could be interpreted in diferent ways. Sorry my english. My opinion, thats all.

[trompette1]

all words on greatness are reduced to a whirling pile of junk in the in the presence of greatness....va savoir...

[EvaHartwig]

There are not only "bad actors', but the bad spectators too.

[SonyaNatalia]

I know it's 'sacrilege' to say anything bad about people from the past, but this really is the worst kind of Russian melodrama.

[xsingitoutx]

so fake. amazing play though. they r just bad acters

[SonyaNatalia]

Exactly.

This scene has been done wonderfully by so many. But these two are just terrible. It's like watching actors from a silent movie - really bad pantomime.

But people get all antsy when you insult Ulanova - it's the same as when anybody says something critical about the overrated Fonteyn.

[musiccritic1910]

Don't you understand why people get nasty? It is because people have the feeling of beauty remainig and that your opinion is nothing but the blunt and pointless accusation of the greatest artists, I am not going to comment your mental capacities since your comment most eloquently says of that but the only thing I can say is that I am sorry...you will die without ever loving of being loved.

[younglemeshevist]

Pantomime is a great art, and there are many great actors among silent film stars. Ulanova was one of the greatest actresses ever - it's clear from every single scene with her. And why do you need to insult anyone?

[musiccritic1910]

the word "actor " is not correctly spelled. It is amazing how bawd can give the utter of her opinion about the divine beauty

[Re1701]

the dancers were amazing but i just think that it all happened too fast!like,if you really think about it,if it was true/happening to you,how long would it take for u to make the decision of killing yourself?i know there's also the music factor which might have been the reason why it all happened so fast.but even these days i think that sometimes people rush and skip little details that could make everything more real.But im not saying they didnt do a good jod!its just something to think about.

[musiccritic1910]

well, it is natural because ballet is different art quite specific. The feeling of "golden" medium led Lavrovsky to concentrate on the notion and develop the scene phsycologically, emotionally, aesthetically but not in terms of interpretation of Shakespearian language. Shakespeare is the universe and we all know that but ballet is not the molded imprint of the play-it is the entity exisitng within enirely different system of beauty where dance, gesture, mimics is the expression not the word.

[musiccritic1910]

Intellectuals may argue that theatre is way more sufficient by content then ballet, I could agree in most part but when the genious of Ulanova comes on the stage...all the thoughts and comment vanish)))

[xsingitoutx]

lol..

wow,

And-i-know-how-to-spell.

Actors-actress..

One-of-thosee-days.

my-coment-was-posted-months-ag­o.

Love-Shakespear?

Yes-that-is-true.

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[jkircher314]

This filmed version of R&J is one of the greatest works of art of all time and deserves to be in a time capsule along with Edda Moser's Queen of the Night. Thank you VAI for preserving this and posting it.

[actor001]

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