A Star is Born

This is the fourth time that “A Star in Born” has been remade.  The first time was in 1937, and the last, til now, in 1976 – starring Barbra Striesand.  It must be a pretty good story to get this much play in Hollywood – and it is!  The plot is not complicated.  An alcoholic rock star is starting to decline because of his addiction although he is still immensly popular.  He meets a talented singer-song writer who can’t catch a break.  He is blown away by her talent and decides to help her.  You can guess the rest.  They fall in love and as her career takes off, his begins to fade.  What makes the fourth remake of this simple plot shine though are the stars!  Bradley Cooper is perfectly cast (he directs too) and, suprise, suprise – he can sing!  He needs to because the other lead is played by Lady Gaga and her singing is breathtaking!  Check out her rendition of ‘La Vie en Rose’ at the beginning of the movie.  You will come away feeling that she can’t possibly top that – but she does!!  I read that Lady Gaga, Bradly Cooper and Lukas Nelson (Willie Nelson’s son) wrote the songs – and they are all great.  “Shallow” is a terrific song and one that I will definitely add to my play list.  This is a wonderful, albeit sad, movie and I highly recommend it to music lovers everywhere!!