It’s essentially love at first sight, and not just for Jackson. She belts out “La Vie En Rose,” an intimate performance that’s all but delivered right to Jackson’s face because of how small the room is. The show is mostly a drag revue, but there’s one female singer, Ally (Lady Gaga). The scene is bathed in red light by the cinematographer Matthew Libatique, an aesthetic that often evokes the underworld, but here the fiery color suggests something is about to be rekindled. He parks himself at a tiny, cramped bar whose own show is about to begin. He plays with a trancelike intensity, but when the concert’s over, he becomes a zombie his ears are still ringing when he commands his driver to take him to the nearest place he can get a drink. A Star Is Born begins with Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), an old-fashioned, gravel-voiced, rock-and-roll star, maniacally jamming out onstage in front of a screaming crowd of thousands.
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