音乐大师

Fallen asleep twice on this movie. Terribly vacant. I don't know what or where he is rushing to?Just talking, talking, talking, in such a pretentious way and crushing anything it might touch you.The best scene goes to Snoopy the ballon floating across the house outside of the window. That is how bad the movie is.Again, Cooper demonstrates to us that he is a terrible actor/director. He has no soul and neither does his movie.

On paper, MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper’s second feature film with him sitting in the director’s chair, is a paradigm of Oscar bait, a biography about an illustrious public figure, American composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990).It sounds like the role he is destined to play, reportedly expending over six years to simulate Bernstein’ virtuosic conducting mannerism and flourishes, Cooper is also shored up by a transmogrified make-up and prosthetic artifice to physically morph into the maestro with an uncanny resemblance. Politicly, Cooper (who also co-writes the script) munificently allots the limelight to Felicia Montealegre (1922-1978), Bernstein’s wife, exquisitely played by Mulligan. Most of the time, MAESTRO is a two-hander, audience gets invested with their conjugal bliss and snags in equal measure, while the conductor’s notorious bisexuality recedes into a simmering undertow.Shot first in a light blue-tinged monochromatic palette, the first 45 minutes of MAESTRO (save for the opening scene of Lenny in full geriatric makeup before an unseen interviewer) cruises through Lenny’s meteoric rising and intoxicating romance with Felicia - its faintly off-color ambience often takes audience out of reality into an illusive world (thinking of the faux-long take bringing Lenny from his bedroom to the auditorium in the beginning of his story, a showing-off ploy which also betrays its glaring artificiality). After that the film is saturated in retro-reflected color-ways, and DP Matthew Libatique’s alluring cinematography is indeed a treat for the eyes, and the film nails its period-look to a fare-thee-well, an Oscar for Best Make-up is a shoo-in.So, the question is, what is not to like about MAESTRO, apart from the fact that we have seen such tailor-made, Oscar-soliciting projects ad nauseam? Many of which have succeeded, talking about male actors like Will Smith, Gary Oldman, Eddie Redmayne and Rami Malek, just in recent years. One certainly cannot blame Cooper for wearing his heart in his sleeve after being nominated for 9 Oscars, 4 of which for his acting, and still holds a goose egg. By my lights, the weak link is the script, whose preference of Lenny and Felicia’s tabloid matrimonial ups-and-downs over his extraordinary career takes the shine off Cooper’s passion project. Audience is only permitted with glimpses of his achievements and when all is said and done, who is Leonard Bernstein and what makes him a maestro, we are none the wiser.That doesn’t mean Cooper gives a lousy performance, at least in those eyes of the uninitiated. His commitment and ardor can be incandescently felt, albeit his high-pitched voice sounds rather grating and one cannot help but see the self-conscious fervor in his eyes whenever a prolonged close-up crops up, it is both distracting and self-revealing of his determination to net that holy grail, which almost becomes endearing. The centerpiece of reenacting the iconic performance where Lenny conducts Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at Ely Cathedral, England is a revelation both in imitation and directing. Only side by side with Cate Blanchett’s wiggy, trenchant, sensationally butch tour de force in Todd Field’s TÁR (2022), Cooper’s effort unfortunately pales in comparison. Which prompts Yours Truly to ponder, perhaps, only those who are well-versed in Bernstein’s life and works can truly assess Cooper’s incarnation. But a general impression is that his Bernstein remains cagey and inscrutable, gregarious but without self disclosure. Perhaps, Cooper is too in awe of his subject to conduct a character’s self examination.Conversely, Mulligan’s performance feels more organic and relatable, a long-suffered wife is a hackneyed role a priori, which she dives into with all her might. Felicia learns a hard lesson that she cannot have the cake and eat it too, and comes to terms with her privilege and entitlement (she is his “muse” and his love for her seems genuine) and the missing piece which Lenny can never give her (turning a blind eye on his dalliances with men). Mulligan is a dynamo of intensity and pathos, a magnificent force that elevates even the most tired scenario and thus becomes the heart and soul of the film, it is only natural when she bows out, MAESTRO also edges toward its coda.For all the herculean endeavor and superb craft from its cast and crew, MAESTRO still looks like a missed opportunity, an overwrought biopic clutched in the thrall of its prestigious subject (treading between a hagiography and a scandalized truth-seeker, the outcome is a somewhat fuzzy figure), and incidentally, a testimonial that Cooper the director gets an upper hand over Cooper the actor, which might not be exactly what audience and Cooper himself have expected!referential entries: Cooper’s A STAR IS BORN (2018, 7.7/10); Steven Soderbergh’s BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (2013, 7.1/10); Todd Field ’s TÁR (2022, 8.4/10).

Title: MaestroYear: 2023Country: USALanguage: EnglishGenre: Biography, Drama, RomanceDirector: Bradley CooperScreenwriters: Bradley Cooper, Josh SingerMusic: Leonard BernsteinCinematography: Matthew LibatiqueEditor: Michelle TesoroCast:Bradley CooperCarey MulliganSarah SilvermanMaya HawkeMatt BomerGideon GlickZachary BoothMiriam ShorVincenzo AmatoMichael UrieJosh HamiltonSam NivolaAlexa SwintonJordan DobsonScott EllisJune GableRating: 7.1/10

总结起来，水库并非一无是处，但无论是导演还是演员，还远远没达到奥斯卡的水准。

他不值得的任何奖项！！！

不要说童姥了，随便选一个稍微会演戏的女演员都能吊打水库（真的不知道怎么有人夸得下去的... 这部电影这的浪费了童姥的演技！！！

） 导演方面，片子唯一的亮点就是开头的几处转场和一些拍得不错的镜头。

除了流水账问题外，整部片子的割裂感也很严重：伯恩斯坦的艺术家身份被当成了背景板以及书库自恋的表演场地；片子重点刻画的“爱情故事”中间最关键的一环——伯恩斯坦的身份纠结，缺失了！！！

而这一点是推动他跟费利西亚感情进展的主要动力，从开始的“满眼都是你”到最后的“两两相望，唯余失望”的转变是一定要有这一层的解释的。

然而水库就只是草草的描绘了出轨这个现象，并没有挖掘其背后的动机（伯恩斯坦究竟爱谁？

他的最爱是谁？

他的艺术家身份和他的情感观有什么关系？

），你既然都把重点放在了感情线上，你又草草了事，你想干什么？？？

到演员，水库不是没有演技，但问题是，他只会大开大合的外放型演技（影片当中表现出来的就是前半段的笑，但问题是，他就连笑都能表现得很油腻，让人倒胃口...），一到需要表达细腻情感的时候，他就马上“现出原形”，暴露出他不会表达情感的短板（可以看一下他跟孔雀告别的那一段，完全没有演出离别的伤感和不舍，反倒是妄图用尬笑来蒙混过关，戏份少的可怜的孔雀就这么惊鸿一瞥，演技也好过水库）。

反观童姥，她的演技自然不用多说，除了大家有目共睹的结尾抱着女儿哭，说着心目中的小小的愿望的高光时刻；她在前面和妹妹对话，不经意漏出的那种落寞和不甘，以及开头那种“满眼都是你”的怦然心动都值得我们细细品味。

童姥的眼睛是会说话的！！！

（水库你好好学习一下人家是怎么说话的吧，他是快到结尾的时候才多了那么几个“正常”的镜头！！！

） 最后再吐槽一下这部片子的台词：矫揉造作。

因为水库灾难式的演技，他在荧幕上呈现的并不是一个艺术家，而是一个油腻自恋狂，因此那些台词从他嘴里说出来就变得非常古怪，就像是小孩子偷穿了大人的衣服...

What I was not expecting was this collosal, stupyfingly disappointing shell of a movie. Rather than try to tell coherent story or reveal some information about a somewhat overlooked but important figure, the creator behind this dismal effort--and that would be Bradley Cooper himself--decided to give us a turgid arrangement of seemingly random, uninteresting scenes that ultimately had nothing of interest to say about the character portrayed. Sure, it had the veneer of being technically polished, with lots of aging makeup in play and actors--Bradly especially--amping up their performances to Oscar-worthy levels. But there was no story, and even worse, no sense of engagement with the primary characters.It's like the camera set ups were deliberately planned to make the actors seem as remote and off kilter as possible. The events were random, the dialogue empty, banal and uninformative, the accompanying music frequently distracting.Overall, it was just such a "look at me, act, direct and write" vanity piece for Bradley Cooper that said far more about him, and his outsized ego, than it did about the long deceased and sadly overlooked subject that the film purports to be about.Maestro is a textbook example of style over substance, vanity over generosity, pretentiousness over authenticity, cinematic form over narrative function.

我以为是音乐大师版本的一个巨星的诞生，结果两人事业顺风顺水。

我以为是为追求艺术妥协爱情的爱乐之城，结果两人艺术爱情双丰收。

我以为结婚后要来婚姻故事，结果两个人兜兜转转生了病后丈夫痴情守候。

那年代搞这种地下型半开放式关系也不简单，而且男主偏好明显是男性，但是夫妻两人却没有太多爆发和纠缠。

与其说是妻子代表着男主对主流社会和娱乐圈的妥协，倒不如说是妻子作为同样才华洋溢甚至性格上更强势坚定的情况下镇住了他的忧郁厌世，颇有梁朝伟和刘嘉玲的feel。

但矛盾的是，本片强调男主对自然和人群的热爱，甚至不正常的依恋，却没有准确给出男主角为何害怕孤独的展示。

绝大部分关于娱乐圈和人物传记的结尾都是悲剧收场或喜忧参半不是没有原因的，音乐大师没有让人看到这位音乐家人生为何值得领出来演，是足够悲剧吗？

是足够戏剧化吗？

是在音乐上做了什么了不得的革新吗？

没有，只是一个天才将就地过了一个不错的婚姻生活，人生偶尔有悲伤，但他还是赢了大多数人，而且在天才之列来说幸福得不行。

Cooper作为一名演员并不差，但在编导上有太多的不尽人意，而这一部是高超的运镜和转场都无法掩盖剧本上情绪重点含糊的缺点。

似乎演员转做导演都有一种，觉得自己能凌驾剧本重点之上，一场戏无限延长节奏和添加情绪的层次。

但是节奏和层次有上限，曝露太想拿奖的吃相有些庸俗了。

本来就是游戏，那就权当游戏罢了。

音乐大师，2023。

Bradley Cooper编导演一体。

开镜3分钟定格局，Cooper获得最佳男主提名不在话下。

有一双迷人眼睛的Bradley Cooper（1975-）离东木式好莱坞塔尖型全能冠军仅一步之遥，他参与制片的影片曾9次提名奥斯卡。

他执导首部长片《一个明星的诞生》（2018）就成为奥斯卡大热。

2023年《音乐大师》多技法/多画幅/多主旨/跨类型/势必再掀奥斯卡热潮。

因为Cooper本身就是好莱坞孕育的标准化IP化的人物。

《音乐大师》的炫技反而是好莱坞近20年的进化相对趋缓的体现。

ps，不要想多了，他们虽放缓步伐但仍然大幅领先。

就如同漫威宇宙暂时告一段落，但是有多少影人正在好莱坞规则下开辟自己的宇宙。

《音乐大师》和《奥本海默》恰好是好莱坞标准化产品的又一极致体现，类型/技法/主旨都有相似性，绝对天才导演诺兰也无法例外。

影片核心主旨盛赞二战后美国崛起为世界领袖，并分别从精神及科技两个领域出发。

物理学家Julius Robert Oppenheimer（1904-1967）与音乐家Leonard Bernstein（1918-1990)对美国的贡献处于同一时代。

当前世界变局之下，奥斯卡的原则更加鲜明。

否则不会同时出现《音乐大师》和《奥本海默》，两部影片获得最佳影片提名是大概率事件。

美国自由精神的渲染作为永恒主旨过往演绎早已冗余，本轮《奥本海默》科技乃至军力分量稍重，最佳影片名分很难旁落。

音乐大师，2023。

Mulligan倾情助力影片冲奥，也耗尽了影后的人物塑造和表演技法。

来自英格兰的Carey Mulligan（1985-）在英美电影一体化机制下，曾两度提名最佳女主，照原理2024年3月必拿下小金人，但是她不好彩会遭遇有印第安血统的Lily Gladstone（1986-）。

花月杀手，2023。

Lily Gladstone的出现是影片一束光芒。

Lily在蒙大拿州西北部black feet保留地长大，并拥有三个印第安部落的混合血统，包括 Kainai，Amskapi Piikani 和Nimi'ipuu 。

她的神奇经历更符合越来越显著的奥斯卡非白肤色加分的逻辑。

好吧，将最佳女主颁给她。

毕竟她的人物塑造还不至于像Mulligan那般模型化。

奥本海默，2023。

看到这幅足以载入影史的肖像，就不会对Murphy拿下影帝有疑问。

爱尔兰人Cillian Murphy（1976-）会面临《音乐大师》Cooper和《花月杀手》小李子的最佳男主竞争，Murphy胜算更高，原因不言而喻。

至于其他提名爆冷因素仍存在，但概率低。

ps：小李子的丑化模型式表演涉嫌模仿1997年第69届奥斯卡猛片《弹簧刀》中的Billy Bob Thornton（1955-）。

诺兰也属于英美一体化电影制度下的影人，他2014年《星际穿越》2017年《敦刻尔克》最佳导演机会败给了墨西哥三杰的高光时刻。

《星际穿越》甚至未获得提名，《鸟人》因西班牙语导演Inarritu皈依好莱坞X一镜到底而获得奥斯卡政治的奖励。

有趣的是，当诺兰在《敦刻尔克》中玩西语电影流行的多点轮回叙事XHans Zimmer极具后现代风格的打击乐化配乐时，恰逢toro持好莱坞经典叙事X冷战背景X古典配乐的《水形物语》，结果一并惜败。

音乐大师Cooper所代表的好莱坞未免过于浮夸自大，学院也不会将这份荣耀再次颁给80岁的花月杀手，激励第一盟友英伦Christopher Nolan（1970-）变得责无旁贷。

ps：不是下图下巴更大那一位。

大下巴先生一辈子无缘奥斯卡最佳导演==lll音乐大师Bradley Cooper有着超强的类型和技法变通能力，并且携带加分的音乐基因，2024年2025年大可以换一个玩法，三年以内他必然拿下一座最佳导演。

奥本海默，2023。

开镜只是用浅浅的一汪雨滴涟漪来暗示原子弹，不也是诺兰的进化。

我发现水库意识到了音乐韵律性对于电影镜头黏合（或者说掩盖跳跃）的重要作用，但是不是没想到，在音乐题材中观众只会觉得是基本要求呢？

摄影上的形式主义复古也让我感觉蛮「半夜突觉“我太是艺术天才啦”产物」的，黑白+舞台打光部分的早年生活还有后面的70年代式色彩的婚后稳定，感觉每一秒都是水库在大叫“我很懂camp”，但有些地方真的合适吗，在教堂演出马二那一段，还用4:3比例，画面就很局促😓而且我很难不觉得观众看到这里可能认为水库出演的伯恩斯坦进入了一种宗教保守的狂热状态，尤其对比前面拍的四五十年代的纽约交际圈圈子热闹（更不提和费利西亚交往的时候用舞剧做推动）。

结果最后又在酒吧里和学生flirting，画面非常现代的，真的是东一榔头西一棒子…写作就更不谈了，伯恩斯坦人物形象还不如费利西亚连贯呢。

我反正只能看出来水库的这个伯恩斯坦很活力很爱hook up，但是总有种他动机不明的感觉。

倒是童姥的费利西亚的同妻泪还算完整，当然本身有童姥做演员本来就比水库强的原因。

不过，细究一下，费利西亚整个角色还是围绕着家庭和伯恩斯坦，唉不看金德比不知道，原型有不少可以变成高光的事迹的，但水库都无视了，番位和颁奖季又把童姥推在前面。

不知道水库是有意陷害还是根本导演能力不足…搞到最后这种歌舞片和名人家庭传记有点两头不沾的玩意，怪不得一上线网飞就迅速飞出周榜楽

“That was one of the spookier aspects of Leonard Bernstein: his external personality did not match his internal ambition. In the public eye and in the imagination of the press, he was flamboyant, excessive, and narcissistic. “Lenny” was what we would now call a party animal, making the rounds of social gatherings, smiling, joking, drinking, smoking, and posing jocularly for the popular media. In private, he was deadly serious about music, ideas, the flow of history, the fate of humanity, and he thought－no, he knew－that he could play a role in the latter. Bernstein was a radical in the pure sense: he took ideas to their logical, if sometimes necessarily extreme ends, and refused to allow opinion or prestige to interfere with his conclusions.”“And this is it, the thing we’ve been looking for, the thing Bernstein said was at the heart of everything he composed. This is faith. Not belief in God or a creed, not being able to rest assured that a heavenly Father is looking out after our interests, but the knowledge that meaning is inherent in human experience. Music －tonal music, for all music is tonal or at least we necessarily hear it as such －is an emblem of this inherent meaning that persists in all things, not just music. Music is the very symbol of faith, the experiential proof that existence is not, despite claims to the contrary by the Existentialists, void of meaning until we give it some. The meaning is there, waiting. It will differ from person to person, exactly as one composer’s music differs from all others, but it is there, in the way we experience reality.”Kenneth Lafare, Experiencing Leonard Bernstein大二樂史課讀到這段對於Leonard Bernstein的剖析摘抄了下來 自此一直心裡有對於他的無法用文字表達的「理解」在看這部電影的時候再次被喚醒。

那種複雜和矛盾 關於「愛」人和愛音樂。

教堂裡的馬勒二 Bradley Cooper收下我的膝蓋 甩凱特大魔王一百條街的指揮。

還有片尾的真實片段 他是真的懂伯恩斯坦。

艺术极重天赋，奈何天赋不持久，灵感不常有，于是需要不羁的自由与放纵的爱欲持续供给创作燃料，如果这逻辑合理，就注定与婚姻契约相悖，所以艺术大师越渣越是负责任的表现。

无论男女，见一个爱一个，对艺术有产出，对世界有交代，万不可择一人终老。

历史人物传记是历年奥斯卡的命题作文，去年是加菲的《倒数时刻》，今年是布拉德库珀自编自导自演音乐大师伯恩斯坦的一生，大笔墨写妻子菲利西亚在“懂事”成就丈夫与自己内心摧枯拉朽之间的苦痛挣扎，不如多给些伯恩斯坦的视角，艺术造诣的自我实现与情感背叛的自我批判，这之间的落差应该更具张力。

看电影的好处之一就是能够被动接收一些明知道好但总也提不上日程的东西，比如古典音乐，比钻石恒久远，却离你并不远。

所以无论剧情如何，都有一星是给配乐的，权当在维也纳金色大厅观影了。

极有天赋。

几乎没有呈现他有什么努力。

生活的日常也很接近大家的邻里。

可能对交响乐指挥家这一行太过陌生，所以在他教徒弟这一段落，调整了徒弟的一些细节，让徒弟指挥了几遍，然后自己又指挥了一遍。

似乎都有细微的差别，可这些差别能造成什么结果的不同呢？

搞不懂。

或许这就是所谓的隔行如隔山。

主演们的呈现挺好的。

总觉得编剧把故事相对编得平淡了。

说不上来那种感觉，就是缺少一些闪亮。