Jan29

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 a beautiful, beautiful film

in every way

it will bring you

great music

great joy

great love

great passion

and

will break your heart.

early in the film

felicia, later to be leonard bernstein’s wife

asks him –

“you don’t even know how much you need me, do you?”

and he answers –

“i might.”

through all they endured

together and apart

around the globe and back

they found

the greatest love of their lives

in each other.

brava.

—

“a work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them;

and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.”

-leonard bernstein

—
image/film credits:  netflix, lea pictures, sikelis productions, amblin entertainment, fred berner films

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  2. I liked the movie, but maybe not as much as you did, and I really liked Carey Mulligan as Felicia.

    My daughter’s voice teacher had been an opera singer in NYC and knew Bernstein. When we first knew the teacher, he had a long-time male partner, who became his husband, but when he knew Lenny, he had a wife, and they had a son. He always remained close with his former wife.

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  8. I loved this film till I didn’t. It was beautifully directed and well acted. Sorry I couldn’t get past the male character’s innate selfishness and the female character’s delusion then discovery that she couldn’t change that about him. But maybe I bought into her fairy tale and my heart hurt when hers broke. In the end, the trope of a woman giving a “genius” her all, only to be broken by him was too common a story.

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  10. It was a wonderful film and Carey Mulligan is fantastic. Bradley ain’t to bad, either. Mind you, I’m surprised I didn’t start coughing watching it. Good gawd, how many cigarettes did they have?

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  12. I‘ve seen it, and being a musician and singer, plus knowing many musicians and singers (professional not just ‚I like to sing/play‘ ppl as I am) I really fevered along, coughed along and suffered along. Absolutely mind-blowing acting, loved especially Carey M AND Bradley‘s conducting mastery….. To me it was a MUST and I‘m sure I‘d watch it again anytime – also beautifully filmed and reality-close told. A treasure for sure.

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  13. I started this movie but couldn’t get into it. I really wanted to see the story. I found the acting a little over the top. But then again, I was looking for realism. I may have to try it again and look at it as an artistic piece.

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  31. I am experiencing moments of unhappiness now, because the Regal Cinema that was 15 minutes away tried but failed to make a comeback after the pandemic and closed. The next closest theatre is close to 45 minutes away (happens when one lives in an area of small boroughs and townships). Sounds like a truly wonderful film and I’m jealous!

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