Yasmin Adel

More recently, film lovers have been on an almost yearly basis with re-produced films. While some drama makers are investing in the success of old films, others are doing the same, but for more rational reasons, such as modernizing cinematic techniques and technology, To work the atmosphere more enjoyable, or treated differently add to the original film.

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Although the movie "A Star Is Born" was presented three times in 1937, 1954 and 1976, Bradley Cooper re-produced it last year because it has something to add in its own version.

He revealed for the first time the reasons that led the hero to addiction, and also revealed the secret behind his depression and his feelings of defeat, which he did through a dramatic narrative and an accurate analysis of the relationship between the hero and his lover, or the hero and his brother, in addition to highlighting the past hero And his relationship with his father, who formed his personality and was a major cause in the events.

"Star Generator" .. The first experience of Cooper and Lady Gaga
Although the birth of a star was one of the most awaited films last year, it is a reproduction of a work that has always achieved technical and commercial success every time it is presented, and because it is the first experience of Cooper in directing or writing, and most importantly, the first experience of the American singer Lady Gaga The world of acting.

However, this did not prevent fears that Cooper would spoil the experiment, especially as critics and the public would put the work under a magnifying glass to compare it with previous versions.

But when the movie was shown in the halls, the audience doubled in popularity, receiving an 8 rating on IMDb, earning $ 409 million from the 36-40 million budget, ranking No. 12 in the top-grossing films of 2018.

On the technical level, his critical ratings were positive, with awards and nominations including: eight Oscar nominations, seven BAFTA awards, and Lady Gaga's Golden Globe for Best Original of the five nominations.

Why Lady Gaga?
This is the question that everyone asked, whether with themselves or with Cooper himself, whenever he was hosted by a media person, which Cooper explained to Project Sunday that Lady Gaga was always considered one of the best voices of her generation. He did not find the best ones to play the role, which confirmed his health in the first meeting to collect them afterwards.

Did Cooper's role inspire Lady Gaga from her autobiography?
With Lady Gaga's success in nominating her first cast of Oscar, Golden Globe and Baffetta, she has been speculated that her character in the film is inspired by her autobiography, especially as it is the story of the rise of a pop singer who has a great voice and writes songwriting, just like Lady Gaga.

Which the Washington Post confirmed that it aroused the displeasure of some public and celebrities, the extent of their use of communication platforms to declare their disapproval and described Lady Gaga ugly, and the possibility of rejection in the first trip because of it!

Are A Star Is Born commercials trying to build a story around the idea that ... Lady Gaga is ugly? Is that something people think? I do not understand this movie.

- Samantha Swindler (@editorswindler) September 21, 2018

But Pastell denied the film's biography of Lady Gaga, explaining that it was a reproduction of the old versions. Under contemporary treatment, Cooper was inspired by his intimate and humane details - according to his statements - from his personal depths.

The 1937 version of a Hollywood actor starred and alcoholized, met an ambitious actress who fell in love with her, and soon became a big star.

The 1954 version introduced the musical element. Her hero came to sing in one of the bands, and as his popularity ebbed, he met a talented but submerged young woman who fell in love with him. It is the same musical frame on which the 1976 version was built, and it was her responsibility to present rock music at the hands of giants like Barbara Streisand and Chris Christoferson.

As a continuation of the pastel, the plot on which the original events were built in all versions can be seen as quoting from a real story from another film, "What is the price of Hollywood?" (What Price Hollywood), which was released in 1932 and inspired by the marriage of the silent movie star Colin Moore of producer John McCormick, who was an alcoholic, especially considering that the film producer David Oh Selznick, himself the producer of the first version of the "birth star" .

Desider said the plot might be inspired by another artistic marriage that brought together actress Barbara Stanwyck and comedian Frank Fei, who could not keep pace with his wife's success. He knew of her physical abuse whenever he was drunk and ended up divorced in 1935.

Lady Gaga and Eli have two faces for one coin
In an interview with Lady Gaga with The Washington Post, she said that there were already similarities between her and the heroine of the film, especially the prominent nose problem. She even wanted to undergo a cosmetic surgery to change the shape of her nose before a friend persuaded her to back down.

She went on to say that she had a small self-remembering personality when she did not believe in herself because of the bullying she was used to in school, which I felt ugly. She only used music to escape the pain, so she started singing and writing songs.

But with so many similarities, Lady Gaga, as the Cinema Blind website has pointed out, has a big difference between the two characters and a different rhythm in their lives. While Lady Gaga was determined to believe in her talent and, most importantly, to know what she wanted to do and how to achieve it, she was weak and gave up her dreams. She did not go back until the man she loved loved her, inspiring her and giving her wings to fly.