“Maestro”, as announced by Netflix, is an extraordinary story of unbridled, lifelong love, which tells the story of the relationship between the conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. It is also a tribute to life, art and family. The director and main actor is Bradley Cooper.
Bradley Cooper: I spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes and 21 seconds of music
As Indiewire writes, Bradley Cooper revealed during the film’s premiere screening in New York that he had been working on one concert scene for as long as six years. It’s a scene that lasts six minutes and 21 seconds in the film. This is the moment when his hero conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Ely Cathedral. This performance by musicians led by Bernstein was recorded in 1976. Cooper said he was very worried about this scene because it was filmed live. The actor said:
It was the London Symphony Orchestra. I was recorded live, I had to lead it. I spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes and 21 seconds of music.
– Yannick Nézet-Séguin [kanadyjski dyrygent i pianista pracujący przy filmie – red.] he shot videos with all the tempo changes, so I had all the footage I could just work on,” he recalled.
The controversial hero of the film “Maestro”
The figure of Bernstein has aroused great interest and curiosity for years, not only because of his work. Many sources say that he was homosexual, but he himself never commented on these speculations. He was married to Felicia Montealegre Cohn for over 25 years, they had three children, but their relationship was not a typical marital one. The reason was that the artist could not clearly define his gender. He claimed to be “half woman, half man”, which was controversial at the time.
Cooper himself had to face accusations that, in an attempt to resemble Bernstein, he used a characterization that was considered by some to be anti-Semitic. However, the actor was supported in this decision by the composer’s family.
In New York, the screening of “Maestro” received a standing ovation. After the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, many people said that Cooper could count on at least an Oscar nomination for his role. Before the film hits Netflix, it will be available in selected cinemas from December 8.
Source: Gazeta
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