At the North American premiere of Maestro, our Spotlight Gala selection, screenwriter Josh Singer, producer Kristie Macosko Krieger, Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie Bernstein, makeup designer Kazu Hiro, costume designer Mark Bridges, production designer Kevin Thompson, production sound mixer Steve Morrow, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the conducting consultant and conductor for new recordings and Music Director of The Metropolitan Opera, discussed the film with NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim following the screening in David Geffen Hall. The team returned the following day for the official Maestro press conference to delve deeper in to the film with moderator Justin Chang.
A tour de force for director and star Bradley Cooper, Maestro dramatizes the public and private lives of legendary musician Leonard Bernstein with sensitivity, visual ingenuity, and symphonic splendor, depicting the complicated yet devoted decades-spanning relationship between Leonard and his wife Felicia (Carey Mulligan). Maestro was presented at NYFF in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
Enjoy these discussions with the team behind Maestro, and don’t forget to subscribe here for more filmmaker conversations. Mark your calendars: Maestro hits select theater on November 22 and will be available on Netflix December 20.
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