Nathan Platte and Anastasia Scholze embark on a two-part exploration of the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story. After surveying the extraordinary career of WSS director Robert Wise, they welcome <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/cinemastudies/ernesto-acevedo-munoz">Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz</a> (author of <a href="https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-1921-4.html">West Side Story as Cinema</a>) to talk about how the film’s story and sound make it an enduring cultural touchstone.

Nathan Platte and Anastasia Scholze embark on a two-part exploration of the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story. After surveying the extraordinary career of WSS director Robert Wise, they welcome Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz (author of West Side Story as Cinema) to talk about how the film’s story and sound make it an enduring cultural touchstone.

Nathan Platte and Anastasia Scholze embark on a two-part exploration of the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story. After surveying the extraordinary career of WSS director Robert Wise, they welcome <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/cinemastudies/ernesto-acevedo-munoz" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz</a> (author of <a href="https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-1921-4.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">West Side Story as Cinema</a>) to talk about how the film’s story and sound make it an enduring cultural touchstone.

West Side Story and the Extraordinary Sound of Robert Wise's Films

Nathan Platte joins University of Iowa students to explore how film music and sound transport us, building worlds beyond what we see on screen. Sounding Cinema hosts conversations among students and authors to show how soundscapes shape our relationships to characters, story, and film itself.

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