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A Star Is Born: Judy Garland and the Film that Got Away
by Jeffrey Vance, Lorna Luft
A Star is Born by Lorna Luft is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early September.
Up until the time that I began reading this book, I hadn't yet realized that this book's publishing might coincide with the Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper film remake. Anywho, Luft shines a greater mirror onto the Hollywood system and Garland's own life with some echoes to topics from the book/movie, Valley of the Dolls, and shares a studied, mindful, surprisingly impartial view of her mother's early life with MGM, then the reshoots and noted scenes/makeup/costumes/line readings from A Star is Born. Garland experiences mercurial highs and lows, heavy reliance on drugs and alcohol, suffers emotionally due to the fierce cuts in the film after its initial premiere, then appear in TV broadcasts, Vegas shows, and nightclub acts before her death. From there, this book documents the earlier and later incarnations of A Star is Born as reflecting the times when the movie(s) was produced and Luft herself being reunited with her mother through its subsequent viewings and rereleases.
Up until the time that I began reading this book, I hadn't yet realized that this book's publishing might coincide with the Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper film remake. Anywho, Luft shines a greater mirror onto the Hollywood system and Garland's own life with some echoes to topics from the book/movie, Valley of the Dolls, and shares a studied, mindful, surprisingly impartial view of her mother's early life with MGM, then the reshoots and noted scenes/makeup/costumes/line readings from A Star is Born. Garland experiences mercurial highs and lows, heavy reliance on drugs and alcohol, suffers emotionally due to the fierce cuts in the film after its initial premiere, then appear in TV broadcasts, Vegas shows, and nightclub acts before her death. From there, this book documents the earlier and later incarnations of A Star is Born as reflecting the times when the movie(s) was produced and Luft herself being reunited with her mother through its subsequent viewings and rereleases.