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I see it starts on Wednesday on Netflix - I'll probably watch it

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Chris from Lafayette

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In Reply to: RE: New competitor in town: 'Maestro' . . . posted by Billy Wonka on December 15, 2023 at 15:10:30

I have some hesitation, because I have yet to see a movie dealing with a "classical music" subject which I thought was any good - and that includes "Amadeus", "Immortal Beloved", and, more recently, "Tar". I'll bet that Soviet biopic of Rimsky-Korsakov from 1953 is good (even though the only user review on IMDb gives it a 4 out of 10!) - but I haven't seen it, at least not yet. And who needs technicolor? - that film was shot in "Sovcolor"!

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I agree that Amadeus SUCKED!..... - TWB 18:51:09 12/19/23 (0)
But I LOVED Immortal Beloved! However, that may be because I like Beethoven vs. Mozart (I find his music BORING!)... I have high hopes for Maestro, probably because I LOVED Bernstein though....
RE: I see it starts on Wednesday on Netflix - I'll probably watch it - Billy Wonka 13:36:40 12/18/23 (0)
It did rock my perception of Bernstein. I never delved into his private life and was surprised by what was portrayed.
RE: I see it starts on Wednesday on Netflix - I'll probably watch it - pbarach 12:25:03 12/18/23 (0)
I'll probably watch Maestro as well, but it's hard to have a "willing suspension of disbelief" when the main character is someone I have seen and listened to since the Young People's Concert days. His voice and manner are very familiar. So Cooper doing an impression of Bernstein conducting the end of Mahler 2 in Ely Cathedral just takes my absorption right out of the movie while remembering the video of Bernstein **actually** conducting Mahler 2 at that location.

Movies about classical musicians usually try to jazz up what actually looks tedious (composing) or simulate by actors fake-playing instruments.

But having said that, a short film in which the tall Adam Driver is Rachmaninoff, "the seven-foot scowl," would be quite entertaining.

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