Venice 2023: Bradley Cooper's Portrait of Leonard & Felicia in 'Maestro'

Another legendary conductor has landed on the Lido for the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Last year, Lydia Tár arrived to present her film Tár, one of the best films of Venice 2022 (my review). Actor / director Bradley Cooper returns to Venice (after premiering A Star is Born back in 2018) to present his new film Maestro, a portrait of American conductor / composer Leonard Bernstein. It's actually more of an examination of his relationship with the actress Felicia Montealegre, who he married in 1951. There isn't as much time spent on trying to portray him as a musical genius, or showing how he gained this intelligence, or anything deeper about how exactly he made a mark on the world of classic music by becoming one of the few great American conductors. It's all about his time at home, at parties, with his family, and interacting with various men and a few women. Maestro is focused very distinctly on Leonard & Felicia, as a "pair", and how their passionate relationship empowered & inspired them across their incredible decades-long careers in the arts. // Continue Reading ›

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