Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Is A Triumph

It was a funny thing, seeing Steven Spielberg’sin Lincoln Square. As the film opens, trawling through piles of rubble at a vast construction site, a sign appears: “SLUM CLEARANCE.” These are – were – the 18 city blocks that would become Lincoln Center and its elegant surrounding area, displacing some 800 businesses and thousands of families in the process. And it’s about what’s left of the turf that the Sharks and the Jets, two sparring Manhattan gangs, are struggling to control.

Tony, played here by Ansel Elgort, also benefits from a rewrite. Once the rather thinly drawn Nice Guy – a not-quite Jet who remains close with the gang while generally disapproving of their troublemaking – now has a significant backstory. When we meet him, Tony has recently returned from prison after savagely beating another gang member. He’s been changed by both the crime and its consequences, he tells Riff – he knows what he’s capable of now, and it frightens him.

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