a star is born with barbara streisand was made in 1953.
a star is born with barbara streisand was made in 1953.
when was a star is born with barbara streisand made?
1953
roger ebert gave the film two and a half stars out of four, writing in his review, "there is, to begin with, no denying barbra streisand's enormous talent. at the end of 'a star is born' the camera stays on her for one unbroken shot of seven or eight minutes, and she sings her heart out, and we concede that she's one of the great stars of the movies, one of the elemental presences...i thought miss streisand was distractingly miscast in the role, and yet i forgave her everything when she sang." gene siskel also gave the film two and a half stars, calling it "a lumbering love story made palatable by streisand's superb singing." "variety" was positive, calling streisand's performance "her finest screen work to date, while kris kristofferson's portrayal of her failing benefactor realizes all the promise first shown five years ago in 'cisco pike.' jon peters' production is outstanding, and frank pierson's direction is brilliant." vincent canby of "the new york times" called it "a transistorized remake, louder than ever, but very small in terms of its being about anything whatsoever." he also noted that kristofferson "walks through the film looking very bored." charles champlin of the "los angeles times" wrote, "the treatment of streisand is so ceaselessly close up and reverential from the start that there really seems nowhere to go but further up, and little of the mutuality of need that is essential to a love, or a love story ... a half-hour in, i wrote 'a star is boring' in my notes, and was not later persuaded i'd been wrong." gary arnold of "the washington post" suggested that the film "should be retitled 'a star is embalmed" or "a star is entombed' or simply 'a star is lost' ... one loses sight of the ostensible dramatic tragedy, because the real tragedy appears to be streisand's misuse of her talent." geoff brown of "the monthly film bulletin" faulted the film for "streisand's failure to convince as a rock star, even when singing the docile brand of rock supplied here. luckily, kris kristofferson makes a far better impression. his eyes have the proper faraway look that betokens a mind besotted either with booze or love, and he drifts toward his destiny with none of james mason's fireworks but with a great deal of quiet charm."
a star is born (1976 film)
when parker and stone made fun of celebrities in previous "south park" episodes, they were chosen at random; however, they chose to mock barbra streisand based on a strong distaste for the actress. part of the reason they disliked her was that after colorado passed amendment 2, an amendment to the colorado state constitution forbidding homosexuals from being recognized as a protected class, streisand made a public statement speaking out against the state and all its citizens, promising she would never visit colorado again. parker said he also finds her singing voice annoying, which inspired the scene with streisand torturing the boys by singing to them. the duo tried to make streisand's portrayal as "sick and disgusting as possible" in "mecha-streisand". mary kay bergman, a voice artist who had done most of the female voices on "south park", portrayed barbra streisand in the episode.
mecha-streisand