The Rewatchables ‘A Star Is Born’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Sean Fennessey
Feb 11, 2019
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Risk Built The Film's Success
- Bradley Cooper built this movie around himself and his creative choices, which made its success surprising and fragile.
- The film's miracle is that his risky, hands-on approach worked and produced a genuinely emotional, cinematic result.
Specificity Fuels Believable Romance
- The film creates empathy through small, specific details and authentic-sounding dialogue between the leads.
- Those choices make the romance feel real and keep the audience invested in the characters' fate.
Crying Alone In A Dolby Screening
- Bill Simmons describes seeing the film alone in a cavernous Dolby theatre and crying several times despite the small audience.
- The isolated yet intense viewing made the experience uniquely affecting for him.