Maestro has been the source of numerous controversies since the film went into production, and director and star Bradley Cooper has found himself at the center of many of them. From his divisive decision to wear a prosthetic nose to his revelation that he doesn’t allow chairs on set because they cause “energy dips,” Cooper has not always endeared himself to social media during what some see as an increasingly desperate campaign to win an Oscar.
We won’t know Cooper and Maestro’s final Oscar fate until the 96th Academy Awards air on March 10, but Maestro’s award season has been dismal so far. Despite numerous nominations, the passion project has yet to secure the kinds of big award show wins that usually foretell Oscar success. It’s shaping up to be another entry into Cooper’s “award show bridesmaid” career, which is ironically tragic when you consider...
We won’t know Cooper and Maestro’s final Oscar fate until the 96th Academy Awards air on March 10, but Maestro’s award season has been dismal so far. Despite numerous nominations, the passion project has yet to secure the kinds of big award show wins that usually foretell Oscar success. It’s shaping up to be another entry into Cooper’s “award show bridesmaid” career, which is ironically tragic when you consider...
- 1/26/2024
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Awards season has officially arrived (though it's felt like a never-ending cycle for quite some time now), and one of the most closely watched thoroughbreds is Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein drama, "Maestro."
A major motion picture recounting the life and times of Bernstein has been in the works for years. Martin Scorsese was attached to direct the project for Paramount, but dropped out when the financing came together for his long-in-gestation gangland epic "The Irishman." The film eventually found its way to Cooper, who skillfully maneuvered his way into the director's chair before his directorial debut, "A Star Is Born," became a 2018 awards season sensation.
Why all the fuss about a Bernstein-centric movie? The man was a powerhouse American composer and conductor who openly embraced his Jewish identity, while privately struggling with his sexual orientation. He was a cultural giant, one whose stature has faded along with the declining interest in classical music.
A major motion picture recounting the life and times of Bernstein has been in the works for years. Martin Scorsese was attached to direct the project for Paramount, but dropped out when the financing came together for his long-in-gestation gangland epic "The Irishman." The film eventually found its way to Cooper, who skillfully maneuvered his way into the director's chair before his directorial debut, "A Star Is Born," became a 2018 awards season sensation.
Why all the fuss about a Bernstein-centric movie? The man was a powerhouse American composer and conductor who openly embraced his Jewish identity, while privately struggling with his sexual orientation. He was a cultural giant, one whose stature has faded along with the declining interest in classical music.
- 8/24/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Todd Field's Best Picture-nominated film "Tár" is such a compelling and realistically realized drama, that some audiences have left screenings convinced that the title character, an orchestra conductor named Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), is 100% real. The details of the classical film world were so stringent and meticulously researched for "Tár" that many simply believed they encountered a straight-up biography of a real-world celebrity that merely lay outside of their usual field of vision.
Some of the details in Field's screenplay, of course, are something of a giveaway. Lydia Tár, for instance, is an Egot, a rare achievement only gained by 18 people to date. Other details, however, were perhaps plausible. For instance, Lydia Tár is said to have studied under Leonard Bernstein, the famed conductor and composer. Bernstein's career as a lecturer and professor is long and prestigious, and the famous people he instructed are numerous. His body of work is so vast,...
Some of the details in Field's screenplay, of course, are something of a giveaway. Lydia Tár, for instance, is an Egot, a rare achievement only gained by 18 people to date. Other details, however, were perhaps plausible. For instance, Lydia Tár is said to have studied under Leonard Bernstein, the famed conductor and composer. Bernstein's career as a lecturer and professor is long and prestigious, and the famous people he instructed are numerous. His body of work is so vast,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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