saw this film today at home as I didn't realize it was being streamed by Netflix for free.
Impressive list of Producers and consultants to this movie including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese as Dudamel. The film was not overly long yet did seem to drag in spots. Two absolutely epic performances by Bradley Cooper who has emerged as a brilliant director as well as Actor and Carey Mulligan who was IMO superb in her role . I found the film revealed so much about the couple and their personal and private lives but we learned very little of Bernstein and his legacy
The script was terrific and the acting was exceptional and I believe both of them will be nominated. I think. she has a good chance to win. Bradley to me will be a long shot yet some of his scenes were brilliantly acted. I read that his conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at Ely Cathedral of Mahler's second was beyond something that eve Dudamel could have done. I read that it took 6 years to get that scene done in one take. That bit of conducting could earn him the Oscar, although I still liked Killers of the the Flower Moon better.
This is a film that must be seen.On the surface it is a love story on many different levels and I have to admit that some of the scenes had me speechless.
His oldest daughter was played by the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke and when first seen as a little girl she was played by Cooper's young daughter.
The cinematography was fabulous but where I see the Oscar being won is for Make Up and costumes. In the closing scenes you see Lenny conducting Mahler's second and he was virtually indistinguishable from Cooper. The music was all composed by Bernstein except for Mahler's ll and that scene at the end revealed all of the emotion that Bernstein brought to the podium and that Cooper IMHO captured completely
Certainly a lot of controversy to this film but brilliantly executed by Cooper's performance and direction. Could Cooper win the Oscar for Best Director. Never say never.
I liked this film and highly recommend it even though we learned nothing of Bernstein's legacy
Impressive list of Producers and consultants to this movie including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese as Dudamel. The film was not overly long yet did seem to drag in spots. Two absolutely epic performances by Bradley Cooper who has emerged as a brilliant director as well as Actor and Carey Mulligan who was IMO superb in her role . I found the film revealed so much about the couple and their personal and private lives but we learned very little of Bernstein and his legacy
The script was terrific and the acting was exceptional and I believe both of them will be nominated. I think. she has a good chance to win. Bradley to me will be a long shot yet some of his scenes were brilliantly acted. I read that his conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at Ely Cathedral of Mahler's second was beyond something that eve Dudamel could have done. I read that it took 6 years to get that scene done in one take. That bit of conducting could earn him the Oscar, although I still liked Killers of the the Flower Moon better.
This is a film that must be seen.On the surface it is a love story on many different levels and I have to admit that some of the scenes had me speechless.
His oldest daughter was played by the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke and when first seen as a little girl she was played by Cooper's young daughter.
The cinematography was fabulous but where I see the Oscar being won is for Make Up and costumes. In the closing scenes you see Lenny conducting Mahler's second and he was virtually indistinguishable from Cooper. The music was all composed by Bernstein except for Mahler's ll and that scene at the end revealed all of the emotion that Bernstein brought to the podium and that Cooper IMHO captured completely
Certainly a lot of controversy to this film but brilliantly executed by Cooper's performance and direction. Could Cooper win the Oscar for Best Director. Never say never.
I liked this film and highly recommend it even though we learned nothing of Bernstein's legacy