It should have been Maestro’s night. It’s hard to envision a film more Oscar-friendly than Bradley Cooper’s exploration of the life and loves of famed conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. It was a prestige biopic, a longtime route to acting trophies and more (see Darkest Hour, Lincoln, and Milk). The film was a music biopic, a subgenre with an even richer history of award-winning (Ray, Walk the Line, Bohemian Rhapsody). What’s more, it was the passion project of co-writer, producer, director and actor Bradley Cooper. That’s the kind of multitasking-for-his-art overachievement that Oscar voters loved to reward actor-turned-directors for pulling off (Robert Redford, Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson).

But it was not to be. The snub reminded Netflix Inc. yet again that no matter how much money it shells out, it cannot buy the respectability it desires from Hollywood.

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‘Maestro’ Didn’t Win an Oscar. Is Netflix Paying Attention?

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11.03.2024

It should have been Maestro’s night. It’s hard to envision a film more Oscar-friendly than Bradley Cooper’s exploration of the life and loves of famed conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. It was a prestige biopic, a........

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