A Star Is Born, 1976 Photo Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Though the vast majority of the general public has yet to lay eyes on Bradley Cooperâs directorial debut A Star Is Born, one scan of Twitter indicates that thousands of people have already ruled the film an unimpeachable masterpiece. They have also decided that Venom will be bad. Sorry, Venom, but thereâs only room for one studio release this weekend. And for once, the rabid fandom hasnât fallen so far from the critical press, which smiled kindly on the new melodrama and Lady Gagaâs knockout performance in particular during early premieres at film festivals in Venice and Toronto. Early reviews prophesy the rare box-office bonanza with a reputation to match, and a windfall of awards canât be too far off. But just as the new film du Cooper will undoubtedly attract detractors before long, so too have the past iterations of A Star Is Born drawn polarized receptions, some more than others. The esteemed L. Gaga follows in the footsteps of four actresses spanning a course of decades, and they havenât all met with universal adoration. Below, Vulture has assembled a review roundup for all the various stars that have been born, broadly appraising a story told and retold in an endless Shakespearean cycle matching its towering highs of angst. It may be time to let the old ways die, but first, we must know the old ways What Price Hollywood? 1932The first star to be born wasnât even A Star Is Born. In the years before the repressive Hays Code put the kibosh on mature subject matter, George Cukor was free to direct a sordid tale of liquor and unbridled self-destruction, and set it in the world of film instead of music. Constance Bennett played the no-name coffee-pourer plucked from her rinky-dink diner by Lowell Shermanâs charismatic, whimsical, and ultimately unstable director as he sinks deeper into a spiral of dissolution. Though the film casts Tinseltown in a rather unflattering light, it was a success among the showbiz set and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story, all without being bolstered by a positive critical reception. Variety, the taste-making rag of the era, wrote the picture off as âa fan magazine-ish interpretation of Hollywood plus a couple of twistsâ that had the good fortune to be told âinterestinglyâ by Cukor. The ambivalence continued, the review stating that the âstory has its exaggerations, but they can sneak under the line as theatrical license.â Much of the writing surrounding this film comes from more modern pens, and more charitable ones at that. At the Chicago Reader, esteemed critic Dave Kehr complimented âone of Cukorâs most interesting early filmsâ for âeffortlessly shifting from satire to pathos.â Turner Classic Moviesâ Leonard Maltin touts it as âa surprisingly sharp-eyed look at Hollywood,â while pre-code authority Farran Nehme sang the filmâs praises at the top of her lungs on her personal review site. After celebrating the 1937 and 1954 interpretations that Cukorâs work would inspire, she clarified that itâs âno mere dated antecedent, but its own superb self and deserving of the same affection lavished on the other two.â A Star Is Born 1937Janet Gaynor and Fredric March brought this tragedy of squandered potential and volatile self-loathing into the era of glorious Technicolor with the first take under the famed name, this time pairing off as an ingenue and fading actor rather than director. This time around, Variety was more unilaterally positive. The rave began by branding the film âa smash which unquestionably will rate among the half dozen best of the season,â and went on to declare that âfew pictures have touched the tear ducts so easily and unaffectedly as this one.â Of the cast, the publication ruled, âJanet Gaynor gives to her role ⌠a characterization of sustained lovelinessâ and that âshe is equally as good in the comedy passages,â while Fredric March âcreates a finely drawn portrait of weakness without viciousness.â They werenât alone in their glowing praise. The Film Daily wrote that William Wellmanâs film was âsuperbly done in all departments,â and TCM quotes the New York Timesâ Frank Nugent as calling it âthe most accurate mirror ever held before the glittering, tinseled, trivial, generous, cruel, and ecstatic world that is Hollywood.â Nugent also singled out the brilliant use of color âTechnicolor need not, should not be restricted to the gaudy costume dramaâ and the industryâs willingness to look inward â⌠convincing proof that Hollywood need not travel to Ruritania for its plots; there is drama aplenty in its own backyardâ. Of course, not everybody was onboard; ever the wild card, Pauline Kael described the film as âpeculiarly masochistic and self-congratulatoryâ in the pages of The New Yorker. A Star Is Born 1954Though Cukor was offered the first A Star Is Born and reneged, claiming that it was too similar to What Price Hollywood?, he caved when Warner Bros. came to him once more. Kael smiled more kindly on the next go at the story, in which an effervescent Judy Garland breaks into the music business with the help of a broken-down James Mason. She called the film âgrandioseâ and âemotionally charged,â in addition to praising the âremarkableâ Mason for giving a performance that âbrings a bloom to the movieâ as well as Garlandâs ânakedly intenseâ work. Though it may not sound like it, Kael was praising the production when she wrote that âthis updated version is a terrible, fascinating orgy of self-pity and cynicism and myth-making.â Variety continued to beat the drum, effusing, âJudy Garland glitters with that stardust which in the plot wastrel James Mason recognizes,â ultimately deeming the film ânever wanting for heart-wallop and gutsy entertainment values.â Pretty much everybody jumped on the Judy Garland train Time crowed that she âgives what is just about the greatest one-woman show in modern movie historyâ and Newsweek assessed her as âas an actress ⌠more than adequate. As a mime and comedienne, sheâs even better. But as a singer, she can handle anything from torch songs and blues to ballads. In more ways than one, the picture is hers.â The New York Times legend Bosley Crowther delivered my personal favorite soundbite âThe Warners and Mr. Cukor have really and truly gone to town in giving this hackneyed Hollywood story an abundance of fullness and form.â A Star Is Born 1976After giving a pass to the 1954 version, Kael kept New Yorker readers on their toes by trashing the film as âsentimental, without being convincing for an instantâ in a lacerating piece titled âContempt for the Audience.â Film critic emeritus Roger Ebert wasnât so taken with the film either, half-praising Streisandâs talent while knocking her limits as an actress âThereâs just no way, after all the times weâve seen Streisand and all the ways sheâs imprinted herself on our minds and tastes, for us to accept her as a kid on the way up, as an unknown who hitches her destiny to a star. Even in her first rags-to-riches movie, even in Funny Girl, we knew and she knew that she was Barbra Streisand. I guess in A Star Is Born weâre supposed to forget that. Fine; we could try if sheâd let us.â Over at the New York Times, Vincent Canby wasnât feeling much rosier. After joining Ebert in his doubts about Streisandâs plausibility in her role, he added, âThereâs also something completely bogus in the pairing of Miss Streisand and Mr. Kristofferson, who, as lovers, are less exciting than King Kong and Jessica Lange. It would be easy to say that itâs not Mr. Kristoffersonâs fault, but Iâm not sure it isnât. He walks through the film looking very bored.â And while many shaggy 70s studio-funded disasters have been reclaimed my modern media, this A Star Is Born has had no such luck. Vultureâs own Mark Harris succinctly captured the filmâs reputation in 2018, calling it âby leagues the most financially successful and artistically forgettable version.â It is true that Frank Piersonâs film landed a staggering box-office return, for the runt of the litter. Time Out got their shots in as well â⌠this version vaunts its modernity by vulgarizing everything in sight, making the characters mouthpieces for foul language and equally foul sentimentality.â A Star Is Born 2018Now that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga have assumed the mantle of those select stars which are born, critics have been lining up to lay hosannas at their feet. The Guardian awarded the film a perfect five-star score, and critic Peter Bradshaw commended Cooper âHe de-machos the role, and creates a backstory of vulnerability. Yet the crunch question is how are Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper going to reinvent that terrifying award-ceremony scene, when he embarrasses her publicly? Well, the climax of their ordeal is bigger than I ever thought possible. Itâs the final station of the cross.â The Los Angeles Timesâ Kenneth Turan burst out of the gate with the gauntlet-throwing first line, âPassionate, emotional and fearless, the gangbusters A Star Is Born is poised to become the movie of the moment â the one everyone has to see right now.â NPRâs Linda Holmes was a fan as well, writing, âCooper credibly builds a love story thatâs fraught from the beginning, even as it leads to soaring moments for both Jackson and Ally. The musical moments that are meant to seem enormous actually do, and the relationship is suffused with a specific, cocooning intimacy that foregrounds the difference between how close they feel to each other and how uneasy both are with their public standing.â Varietyâs Owen Gleiberman may have given the highest praise of all âA Star Is Born is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see a transcendent Hollywood movie. Itâs the fourth remake of a story that dates back to 1932, but this one has a look and vibe all its own â rapturous and swooning, but also delicate and intimate and luminous.â One must look a little harder to find mixed reviews, but theyâre out there. The Hollywood Reporterâs David Rooney conceded, âThe first-time directorâs grasp of pacing could be improved and the overlong movie canât quite sustain the energy and charm of its sensational start. But this is a durable tale of romance, heady fame and crushing tragedy.â Our very own David Edelstein contrasted the first half âcouldnât be more charmingâ with the second âmuch lesserâ. Even so, the smart money says that this will do little to deter the oncoming box-office tsunami. Revisiting the 1937, 1954, 1976 Versions of A Star Is Born
Cisiamo. Finalmente A Star Is Born approda in prima tv assoluta su Canale 5 questa sera, martedĂŹ 15 settembre 2020. Il remake del celebre film âEâ UserScore Play Trailer Overview Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers â and falls in love with â struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer â until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons. Bradley Cooper Director, Screenplay Eric Roth Screenplay Will Fetters Screenplay You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up. .a star is born programmazione
