We posted some on-location shots of the Maestro production when it was shooting last summer and made our somewhat ambiguous feelings about the casting of Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein known then. We were always going to watch this, just because it reeked of Oscar bait, but with the release of the teaser trailer (along with that admittedly pretty fabulous poster art above), we’re suddenly…
… a little less enthusiastic about it? We don’t know… of course it’s just a teaser trailer, which should be taken with a massive grain of salt in terms of a film’s potential quality or lack of it, but this just feels so pretentiously “prestige” in style and tone. Just the idea of rendering the 1940s in black and white feels like a Scorsese-ian cliche. Still, the final product could be markedly different than this peek implies, but if the whole point of a teaser is to give you a first impression, we’re afraid this one didn’t work for us. We’ll be back to eat crow if the official trailer is any better or it sweeps awards season.
MAESTRO
In select theaters November 22, 2023
On Netflix December 20, 2023
DIRECTED BY: Bradley Cooper
WRITTEN BY: Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
PRODUCERS: Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carla Raij, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton, Tracey Landon
CAST: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor
LOGLINE: MAESTRO is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
[Photo Credit: Netflix – Video Credit: Netflix/YouTube]
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