Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and Lady Gaga have each played a rising star in a version of A Star Is Born. United Artists/Warner Bros. Alissa Wilkinson covers film and culture for Vox.

The mythologizing of Bradley Cooper‘s “A Star Is Born” started early: first-time filmmaker Cooper wiping co-star Lady Gaga‘s face free of makeup the first time they met to better “see

NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Bradley Cooper. Drama, Music, Romance. R. 2h 15m. By Manohla Dargis. Oct. 3, 2018. “A Star Is Born” is such a great Hollywood myth that it’s no wonder Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are both brilliant and heartbreaking. The film is of course a love story but it's also a portrait of creativity and commerce and the difficulty of protecting the former from the latter. Through the film, Cooper's character Jackson Maine talks about the importance of having something to say.
Message#4: Be your truest self. “All you’ve got is you and what you have to say to people.”. Jackson Maine reiterates this statement to Ally multiple times in the film. From the very beginning to the pinnacle of Ally’s success, Jack wants her to be who she is deep inside.
As part of Variety’s Lady Gaga cover story, Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich revealed the first script he read for Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” ended the same way Wellman
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