Tar [DVD + Blu-ray] [2023]

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In a statement accompanying the teaser trailer in August 2022, Field said that he wrote the script for Blanchett, and that he would not have made the film if she had declined it. It's directed with such perfectly controlled mayhem and glee by Todd, it's really hard not to drool as another director.

The limits of the frame itself, and the provocation of measured long takes all reflecting the brutal architecture of her soul – Tár's soul. In response, Blanchett told BBC Radio 4, the film was a "meditation on power, and power is genderless", and that while her character shares similarities with Alsop, it is a complete work of fiction. Now this is insidious, as one can get lulled into this and ultimately get used to it, leading those of us who've experienced cinema in the past – as much more than that – to become despairing of the future of the art form, especially for younger generations. Tár Star Nina Hoss on Her Way into Her Character's Psyche: 'She Enjoys the Power and the Privilege' ".Critic Amanda Hess wrote in The New York Times, "The online cancellation of an artistic giant can be a tedious subject, but in Tár, it acquires sneaky complications.

John Mauceri served as consultant on Field's script, helping inform the tenor and accuracy of Lydia Tár's comments on classical music and musicians.Music professor Ian Pace discussed the issue in The Conversation: "It would be rash to assume that such a figure could never act in a predatory and exploitative manner. Actor Todd Field received critical acclaim, Oscar attention, and promising box office for his directorial debut, 2001’s “In the Bedroom. For the week ending November 5, 2022, the Tár concept album topped Billboard magazine's Traditional Classical Albums at number one, ahead of albums by the actual Berlin Philharmonic. Widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. Film critic Howie Movshovitz; critic and essayist Philippa Snow ( ArtReview), Murielle Joudet ( Le Monde) and Guillaume Orignac ( Cahiers du Cinéma) draw attention to the film's creative open-endedness, allowing audiences to draw their own conclusions about its significance and meaning.