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bradley cooper is leonard bernstein in "maestro" (he also wrote/directed)

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thought there was a thread but guess not.

 

 

saw a special screening last night at grauman's chinese + q&a afterwards with cooper and one of the producers.

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technically i thought the movie was amazing.  the acting and directing were top notch.  overall, i would say it's very good.  it's not a traditional straightforward biopic and i appreciated that.  cooper will be up for several oscars.

 

Thanks.  Will be sure to see it.  But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

Fuck yeah there are.  I mean, maybe not every one could hum you Candide or Jeremiah, but who doesn't know West Side Story?

He's not the 1st great American composer though.

 

7 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

Seriously? This isn’t Texags. We have a robust music forum with many professional, amateur, and hobbyist players, composers, producers, and just all around legit music fanatics. I’m sure we will get internet from more than 5 Surly posters. Hell, I watch music documentaries and biopics for artists I’m not even into just because I’m fascinated by the process and what make them tick as artists. I’m in. 

30 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Thanks.  Will be sure to see it.  But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

C’mon give us some credit. 
 

he wrote Hallelujah and where the Sidewalk Ends. 

9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

C’mon give us some credit. 
 

he wrote Hallelujah and where the Sidewalk Ends. 

Not sure if you are serious, because everyone knows him for the Magnificent Seven theme.

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Yeah, and people make a big deal about the Star Wars Theme and Jaws, but for my money he was best when he was writing the score for Presumed Innocent.

Dude, everyone knows the guy from the REM song. I'm just surprised they made a movie about him.

1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

Holy shit dude, have you never checked the Surly Dad thread?  

There's a shitload of us who have spent countless hours reading the Bernstein Bears books to our kids when they were young.

All joking aside, do you think Bob Woodward is annoyed that he's not being included in this flick?  Doesn't seem fair.

37 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

C’mon give us some credit. 
 

he wrote Hallelujah and where the Sidewalk Ends. 

I thought he was the co-author of the Bernstein Bears line of children’s books.  

1 minute ago, LCHorn said:

I thought he was the co-author of the Bernstein Bears line of children’s books.  

Dammit @atomheartbevo, you are too fast for me!

I know we'll eventually get to talking about the movie, but this has reminded me of one of my favorite clips.  This is from the documentary about the making of the West Side Story soundtrack. 

The tenor here is not just some guy who fought through the audition process, it is Jose fucking Carreras here, just getting humbled.  

I happen to know for a fact, that he was called Maestro in social situations. I once saw him at a bar and someone came up to him and said 

"Hello Maestro, how about a beer". O.K. So that's a fact.

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I happen to know for a fact, that he was called Maestro in social situations. I once saw him at a bar and someone came up to him and said 

"Hello Maestro, how about a beer". O.K. So that's a fact.

Beat me to it. If a friend calls him Leonard during the course of the movie, I will lose my shit. 

5 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

thought there was a thread but guess not.

 

Did he ever lead a marching band? If so, there’s already a thread in the football forum called “tell me about aggy”. Riveting discussion. 

I presume Maestro Bernstein had a...temperament...that wouldn't pass in our current era of sensitivity and being genrally nice to people?  I'm not judging; just getting it out there.

Plus he was a chainsmoker. 

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8 hours ago, RPM said:

Plus he was a chainsmoker. 

he smoked in every frame of this film.

Thought this one was okay. Cooper clearly wanted to outdo Blanchett in Tar, but fell well short of accomplishing that. Placing his wife, Felicia, at the center of this was a huge mistake; she really was supposedly pretty dull irl, but I'm sure nice/lovely, so whatever. Feels like Netflix is good for one or two good movies a year; this year (thus far) being The Killer, and last year being Blonde and Apollo 10 1/2. 

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Watched it last night.  Bradley Cooper was great.  I just didn't really like the movie.  Can't explain why.  Just didn't get into it.  And I'm a theatre/musical theatre/big band kinda nerd.  Don't judge me.

i did not enjoy it nearly as much as i expected to but then again, i can't stand carey mulligan so that probably did not help.

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