Owen Gleiberman in his Venice Film Festival Daily Variety review wrote:
“Let me say right up front: It’s the work of a master filmmaker… Field’s script is dazzling in its conversational flow, its insider dexterity, its perception of how power in the world actually works… Tár is not a judgement so much as a statement you can make your own judgment about. The statement is: We’re in a new world.”
A. O. Scott of The New York Times writing from the Telluride Film Festival and later from the New York Film Festival stated:
“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a movie quite like Tár. Field balances Apollonian restraint with Dionysian frenzy. Tár is meticulously controlled and also scarily wild. Field finds a new way of posing the perennial question about separating the artist from the art, a question that he suggests can only be answered by another question: are you crazy? We don’t care about Tár because she’s an artist. We care about her because she’s art.”
Two very concise and well expressed quotes about the movie Tár.
I have watched the movie twice now and suspect that there are at least two movies hiding in Tár. It’s a movie about a conductor and about social media and all that, but it is also a ghost story. A movie about a person who gets canceled and also a horror film.
Spoiler alert… the metronome that starts ticking inside her cabinet, the noises she hears, the book and the mark she finds inside. I am even wondering whether everything after her fall happens to her or is a dream, perhaps in a hospital bed. The movie definitely merits a third viewing. I like it a lot. :-)
great role for Cate Blanchett – (think i read – he made this movie with her in mind?)
the first word that come to mind re movie is …obliteration
still have not seen movie but read this today…
“TÁR” is a 2022 psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field, starring Cate Blanchett in the titular role. The film explores the complexities of power, artistry, and personal downfall in the elite world of classical music.
Cate Blanchett plays Lydia Tár, a fictional, world-renowned conductor and composer who becomes the first female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. At the height of her career, Lydia’s life begins to unravel as she faces allegations of professional misconduct, abuses of power, and manipulation in her relationships with colleagues and proteges.
As the narrative unfolds, the film delves into Lydia’s obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection, her fraught relationships, and the consequences of her unchecked ambition and hubris. The story blurs the lines between reality and Lydia’s inner turmoil, offering a poignant critique of the power dynamics within the creative industry”.
(anybody who has had their life blown up , can so relate)
(tks for all your posts over the years, a great distraction and help..)
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(best wishes. I will keep listening to your music and from time to time read your musings you post here)