I really loved the performances in Maestro and was enjoying the film a lot while I was watching it - knowing essentially nothing about Bernstein coming in (save his perhaps misguided mentorship of Lydia Tár). But looking him up later I was struck by how the film omits the couple's political activism. It seems to have been a major part of…
I really loved the performances in Maestro and was enjoying the film a lot while I was watching it - knowing essentially nothing about Bernstein coming in (save his perhaps misguided mentorship of Lydia Tár). But looking him up later I was struck by how the film omits the couple's political activism. It seems to have been a major part of their lives and yet you'd think watching that they were almost completely apolitical. It's such a weird choice to leave that out, particularly when including it could show the shared values that helped make their relationship work.
And, as the title suggests, we learn more about Bernstein than Montealegre. Or at least have to fill in a lot of blanks ourselves, as with that fleeting reference to pills and the brief shot of her popping one.
I really loved the performances in Maestro and was enjoying the film a lot while I was watching it - knowing essentially nothing about Bernstein coming in (save his perhaps misguided mentorship of Lydia Tár). But looking him up later I was struck by how the film omits the couple's political activism. It seems to have been a major part of their lives and yet you'd think watching that they were almost completely apolitical. It's such a weird choice to leave that out, particularly when including it could show the shared values that helped make their relationship work.
And, as the title suggests, we learn more about Bernstein than Montealegre. Or at least have to fill in a lot of blanks ourselves, as with that fleeting reference to pills and the brief shot of her popping one.