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''Tár'' had its world premiere on September 1, 2022 at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival]], where Blanchett won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actress]], and was released in the United States on October 28, 2022, by [[Focus Features]].<ref name="releasedate">{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2021-11-24|title=Todd Field Cate Blanchett Movie 'Tár' Sets 2022 Release & Adds Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong & More|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/cate-blanchett-movie-tar-release-date-cast-1234879916/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film received widespread critical acclaim, with praise aimed at Blanchett's performance and Field's direction and script.
''Tár'' had its world premiere on September 1, 2022 at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival]], where Blanchett won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actress]], and was released in the United States on October 28, 2022, by [[Focus Features]].<ref name="releasedate">{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2021-11-24|title=Todd Field Cate Blanchett Movie 'Tár' Sets 2022 Release & Adds Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong & More|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/cate-blanchett-movie-tar-release-date-cast-1234879916/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film received widespread critical acclaim, with praise aimed at Blanchett's performance and Field's direction and script.


==Plot Synposis==
==Plot==
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[[File:Mahler Symphony No. 5, I. Trauermarsch.ogg|thumb|[[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Mahler Symphony No. 5]]<nowiki>, I. Trauermarsch | The movement that Lydia is primarily concerned with conducting throughout the film, its opening acting as a backdrop for the film's climactic moments.</nowiki>]]
Lydia Tár is one of the greatest living [[Composer|composers]]/[[Conducting|conductors]], and first female chief conductor of the [[Berlin Philharmonic]]. In an interview with [[Adam Gopnik]] at [[The New Yorker Festival]] in [[New York City]], she promotes several new projects.
Lydia Tár is one of the greatest living [[Composer|composers]]/[[Conducting|conductors]], and first female chief conductor of the [[Berlin Philharmonic]]. In an interview with [[Adam Gopnik]] at [[The New Yorker Festival]] in [[New York City]], she promotes several new projects. Lydia relies on her attentive personal assistant, Francesca, and her sickly wife/concertmaster, Sharon. Lydia flirts with a young woman after the interview.


Afterwards, Lydia has lunch with Eliot Kaplan, a conductor who also manages a fellowship program she founded for aspiring women professional conductors. Lydia mentions plans to replace her assistant conductor, Sebastian, presumably with Francesca, as well as fill an open cello position in the orchestra. She advises Eliot on improving his orchestration.
Renowned musician Lydia Tar is days away from recording the synopsis that will elevate her career. When all elements conspire against her, Lydia's adopted daughter Petra becomes an integral emotional support for her struggling mother.

Later, Lydia guest teaches a class at [[Juilliard]]. She ridicules a student’s lack of interest in conducting the classical masters on the basis of [[identity politics]], encouraging the students to [[The Death of the Author|look past superficial differences]] to the music underneath from which they can learn. The student storms out.

Returning to [[Berlin]], Lydia receives [[Vita Sackville-West]]'s novel ''[[Vita Sackville-West#Challenge|Challenge]]'', sent by Krista Taylor, a former member of her fellowship program. Lydia had groomed Krista into a sexually transactional relationship before a falling out led Lydia to having her blacklisted her from major orchestras. Lydia throws the book away. Later, she threatens the schoolyard bully of her and Sharon's adopted daughter, Petra, into submission.

During a blind audition for the new orchestra cellist, Lydia spots one hopeful, the beautiful Olga, in the bathroom. She changes her scorecard to recruit Olga.

Lydia often meets with her predecessor, Andris Davis, over lunch. He is mostly forgotten by the Berlin orchestra, but Lydia attempts to make him believe he left a legacy.

Lydia secures Olga a soloist position in the companion piece to Mahler’s 5th, [[Edward Elgar]]'s [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|cello concerto]]. As she intensively prepares for the Mahler’s 5th recording, her relationships with Francesca and Sharon is strained, both recognizing her attraction to Olga.

Further, while trying to write new compositions, Lydia is continually disturbed and disgusted by her middleclass neighbor who cares for a dying mother.

Lydia confronts Sebastian about her plan to replace him. Incensed, he implies that everyone in the orchestra is aware of her abusive and manipulative behavior towards young women. He supposes she will replace him with Francesca, implying she has exchanged sexual favors with. Taken aback, Lydia then plans to replace Sebastian with another candidate.

Krista commit suicide and leaves serious allegations against Lydia in her suicide note. Lydia retains a lawyer as Krista’s parents plan to sue her.

Lydia is haunted by screaming women in the distance, nightmares, chronic pain, an increasing sensitivity to sound, and enigmatic scribbles resembling those Krista once made. Her only respite are Petra and Olga.

One day after practicing Olga’s solo, Lydia tries following Olga home, only to find an abandoned and dilapidated apartment-complex. Scared by a dog, Lydia flees up a staircase, trips, and smashes her face against a concrete step. She lies to Sharon and her orchestra, claiming that she was assaulted. Without telling Lydia, Francesca resigns and abandons her apartment.

An edited, out-of-context video of her Julliard class goes viral, and an article with accusations against Lydia are published in the ''[[New York Post]]''. Protesters meet Lydia as she returns to New York to promote her book and attend a deposition for Krista’s trial. At the trial, it is implied that Francesca has shared damning e-mails with the plaintiff. She takes Olga along with her, presumably with hopes of sex, but Olga abandons her in her hotel room. Eliot drops her as a client. Back home, Sharon leaves with Petra, furious with allegations, but also at Lydia’s lack of communication or seeking counsel with her as her spouse.

Lydia is removed as conductor. Andris refuses to associate with her. At the concert hall, Lydia hides in a bathroom stall and in the wings before the live recording performance. As the music begins, she rushes onto the stage and attacks her replacement, Eliot, beating him ruthlessly until she is escorted out.

She signs with a crisis management agency, who strategizes how to rehabilitate her image. Advised to lay low, she returns to her lower-class childhood home in Staten Island, where she watches tapes of [[Leonard Bernstein]], her mentor.

Some time later, Lydia conducts an orchestra in Southeast Asia. She goes to a massage parlor/brothel and is instructed to pick her masseuse from a glass bowl. The women are staged and framed like an orchestra. One girl looks up into Lydia’s eyes, her position the same as Olga’s. Shocked and disgusted, Lydia leaves. On a tour of the local wilderness, Lydia sits behind a deafening waterfall in silence. Finally, Lydia conducts her new orchestra in the score for the video game, ''[[Monster Hunter]]'', in front of a cosplayer audience.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 01:36, 27 October 2022

Tár
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTodd Field
Written byTodd Field
Produced by
  • Todd Field
  • Alexandra Milchan
  • Scott Lambert
Starring
CinematographyFlorian Hoffmeister
Edited byMonika Willi
Music byHildur Guðnadóttir
Production
companies
  • Standard Film Company
  • EMJAG Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 1, 2022 (2022-09-01) (Venice)
  • October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28) (United States)
  • February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23) (Germany)
Running time
158 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.3 million[1][2]

Tár is a 2022 psychological drama film directed, written and produced by Todd Field. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Mark Strong. It is Field's first film since the release of Little Children (2006).

Tár had its world premiere on September 1, 2022 at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, where Blanchett won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and was released in the United States on October 28, 2022, by Focus Features.[3] The film received widespread critical acclaim, with praise aimed at Blanchett's performance and Field's direction and script.

Plot

Mahler Symphony No. 5, I. Trauermarsch | The movement that Lydia is primarily concerned with conducting throughout the film, its opening acting as a backdrop for the film's climactic moments.

Lydia Tár is one of the greatest living composers/conductors, and first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. In an interview with Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker Festival in New York City, she promotes several new projects. Lydia relies on her attentive personal assistant, Francesca, and her sickly wife/concertmaster, Sharon. Lydia flirts with a young woman after the interview.

Afterwards, Lydia has lunch with Eliot Kaplan, a conductor who also manages a fellowship program she founded for aspiring women professional conductors. Lydia mentions plans to replace her assistant conductor, Sebastian, presumably with Francesca, as well as fill an open cello position in the orchestra. She advises Eliot on improving his orchestration.

Later, Lydia guest teaches a class at Juilliard. She ridicules a student’s lack of interest in conducting the classical masters on the basis of identity politics, encouraging the students to look past superficial differences to the music underneath from which they can learn. The student storms out.

Returning to Berlin, Lydia receives Vita Sackville-West's novel Challenge, sent by Krista Taylor, a former member of her fellowship program. Lydia had groomed Krista into a sexually transactional relationship before a falling out led Lydia to having her blacklisted her from major orchestras. Lydia throws the book away. Later, she threatens the schoolyard bully of her and Sharon's adopted daughter, Petra, into submission.

During a blind audition for the new orchestra cellist, Lydia spots one hopeful, the beautiful Olga, in the bathroom. She changes her scorecard to recruit Olga.

Lydia often meets with her predecessor, Andris Davis, over lunch. He is mostly forgotten by the Berlin orchestra, but Lydia attempts to make him believe he left a legacy.

Lydia secures Olga a soloist position in the companion piece to Mahler’s 5th, Edward Elgar's cello concerto. As she intensively prepares for the Mahler’s 5th recording, her relationships with Francesca and Sharon is strained, both recognizing her attraction to Olga.

Further, while trying to write new compositions, Lydia is continually disturbed and disgusted by her middleclass neighbor who cares for a dying mother.

Lydia confronts Sebastian about her plan to replace him. Incensed, he implies that everyone in the orchestra is aware of her abusive and manipulative behavior towards young women. He supposes she will replace him with Francesca, implying she has exchanged sexual favors with. Taken aback, Lydia then plans to replace Sebastian with another candidate.

Krista commit suicide and leaves serious allegations against Lydia in her suicide note. Lydia retains a lawyer as Krista’s parents plan to sue her.

Lydia is haunted by screaming women in the distance, nightmares, chronic pain, an increasing sensitivity to sound, and enigmatic scribbles resembling those Krista once made. Her only respite are Petra and Olga.

One day after practicing Olga’s solo, Lydia tries following Olga home, only to find an abandoned and dilapidated apartment-complex. Scared by a dog, Lydia flees up a staircase, trips, and smashes her face against a concrete step. She lies to Sharon and her orchestra, claiming that she was assaulted. Without telling Lydia, Francesca resigns and abandons her apartment.

An edited, out-of-context video of her Julliard class goes viral, and an article with accusations against Lydia are published in the New York Post. Protesters meet Lydia as she returns to New York to promote her book and attend a deposition for Krista’s trial. At the trial, it is implied that Francesca has shared damning e-mails with the plaintiff. She takes Olga along with her, presumably with hopes of sex, but Olga abandons her in her hotel room. Eliot drops her as a client. Back home, Sharon leaves with Petra, furious with allegations, but also at Lydia’s lack of communication or seeking counsel with her as her spouse.

Lydia is removed as conductor. Andris refuses to associate with her. At the concert hall, Lydia hides in a bathroom stall and in the wings before the live recording performance. As the music begins, she rushes onto the stage and attacks her replacement, Eliot, beating him ruthlessly until she is escorted out.

She signs with a crisis management agency, who strategizes how to rehabilitate her image. Advised to lay low, she returns to her lower-class childhood home in Staten Island, where she watches tapes of Leonard Bernstein, her mentor.

Some time later, Lydia conducts an orchestra in Southeast Asia. She goes to a massage parlor/brothel and is instructed to pick her masseuse from a glass bowl. The women are staged and framed like an orchestra. One girl looks up into Lydia’s eyes, her position the same as Olga’s. Shocked and disgusted, Lydia leaves. On a tour of the local wilderness, Lydia sits behind a deafening waterfall in silence. Finally, Lydia conducts her new orchestra in the score for the video game, Monster Hunter, in front of a cosplayer audience.

Cast

  • Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, a world-famous conductor/composer
  • Noémie Merlant as Francesca Lentini, Lydia's assistant
  • Nina Hoss as Sharon Goodnow, a concertmaster and Lydia's wife
  • Sophie Kauer as Olga Metkina: a young Russian cellist.
  • Julian Glover as Andris Davis, Lydia's predecessor
  • Allan Corduner as Sebastian Brix, Lydia's assistant conductor
  • Mark Strong as Eliot Kaplan, investment banker, conductor, and manager of Lydia's fellowship program
  • Sylvia Flote as Krista Taylor, a young conductor
  • Adam Gopnik as himself
  • Zethphan Smith-Gneist as Max, a conducting student at Juilliard
  • Mila Bogojevic as Petra, Lydia and Sharon’s adopted Syrian daughter

Production

Writer and director Todd Field (left) and lead actress and executive producer Cate Blanchett (right)

It was announced in April 2021 that Cate Blanchett would star in and executive produce the film, which would be written and directed by Todd Field.[4][5] In a statement accompanying the film's teaser trailer in August 2022, Field said that he wrote the script specifically for Blanchett, and that if she said no, "the film would have never seen the light of day."[6]

The Dresden Philharmonie was used as a stand in for Lydia Tár's fictitious Berlin orchestra.

In September 2021, Nina Hoss and Noémie Merlant joined the cast, and Hildur Guðnadóttir became the film's composer.[7]

Filming began in August 2021 in Berlin.[8] In an interview with The Guardian in October, Mark Strong revealed that he had finished filming scenes for the film.[9] In November, it was reported that Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Sylvia Flote had joined the cast.[3] Kauer is a British–German classical cellist who studied at the Royal Academy of Music.[10] All diegetic music was recorded live on set, including Blanchett's piano playing, Kauer's cello, and the Dresden Philharmonic's performances.

Release

Tár had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2022,[11] and its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 3, 2022.[12] The film had a limited theatrical release on October 7, 2022, then expanded to a wide release on October 28.[13][3]

Music

Main article: Tár (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture)

A concept album was released on October 21, 2022 featuring Guðnadóttir's score with the London Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames, as well as a rehearsal of Gustav Mahler's fifth symphony with Blanchett conducting the Dresdner Philharmonie. Cellist Sophie Kauer is also heard on the album playing Elgar’s Cello Concerto, backed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Natalie Murray Beale.[14]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 174 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "Led by the soaring melody of Cate Blanchett's note-perfect performance, Tár riffs brilliantly on the discordant side of fame-fueled power."[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 91 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[16]

A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote, "We don’t care about Lydia Tár because she’s an artist; we care about her because she’s art."[17]

In Variety, Owen Gleiberman wrote, "In Tár, Todd Field enmeshes us in a tautly unfolding narrative of quiet duplicity, corporate intrigue, and — ultimately — erotic obsession. Yet he does it so organically that for a while you don’t even realize you’re watching a 'story.' But that’s what a great story is, right? It doesn’t hit you over the head with telegraphed arcs. It sneaks up on you, the way that life does."[18]

Justin Chang for the Los Angeles Times stated, "I didn’t want it to end."[19]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Venice Film Festival September 10, 2022 Golden Lion Todd Field Nominated [20][21]
Queer Lion Nominated
Volpi Cup for Best Actress Cate Blanchett Won
Mill Valley Film Festival October 18, 2022 Overall Audience Favorite Tár Won [22]
Gotham Independent Film Awards November 28, 2022 Best Feature Pending [23]
Outstanding Lead Performance Cate Blanchett Pending
Outstanding Supporting Performance Nina Hoss Pending
Noémie Merlant Pending
Best Screenplay Todd Field Pending

References

  1. ^ "Tár". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tár". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 24, 2021). "Todd Field Cate Blanchett Movie 'Tár' Sets 2022 Release & Adds Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 12, 2021). "Cate Blanchett, Todd Field Team on Tár for Focus Features". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (April 12, 2021). "'In the Bedroom,' 'Little Children' Director Todd Field Sets First Film in 15 Years, Starring Cate Blanchett". IndieWire. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Pearce, Leonard (August 25, 2022). "Cate Blanchett is a Musical Force in the New Trailer for Todd Field's Tár". The Film Stage. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  7. ^ Raup, Jordan (September 8, 2021). "Nina Hoss and Noémie Merlant Join Cate Blanchett in Todd Field's Tár". The Film Stage. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Ruimy, Jordan (August 28, 2021). "Director Todd Field's Tár Starring Cate Blanchett Starts Production; Field's First Film in Over 15 Years". World of Reel. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Cocozza, Paula (October 28, 2021). "Mark Strong on acting, insecurity and life without a father: 'I got angry as I got older. It took years to fix". The Guardian. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Sophie Kauer (cello) – Biography". Kulmag Live. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2022 | Tár". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  12. ^ Feinberg, Scott (September 4, 2022). "Telluride Awards Analysis: 'Tar' Star Cate Blanchett Looks Oscars-Bound for One of Her Most Impressive Turns". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  13. ^ TÁR [@tarmovie] (September 21, 2022). "Tickets are now on sale for Todd Field's TÁR. In select theaters October 7, everywhere October 28" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Gonzales, Kristian (September 11, 2022). "'TÁR' Concept Album, Featuring Hildur Guðnadóttir and Cate Blanchett, Will Arrive in October". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  15. ^ "Tár". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "TÁR (2022) Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  17. ^ Scott, A.O. (October 7, 2022). "'Tár' Review: A Maestro Faces the Music". The New York Times. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  18. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (September 1, 2022). "'Tár' Review: Cate Blanchett Acts With Ferocious Force in Todd Field's Masterful Drama About a Celebrity Conductor". Variety. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  19. ^ Chang, Justin (October 7, 2022). "Review: Cate Blanchett is at the peak of her powers in 'Tár,' a magnificent cinematic symphony". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  20. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (September 10, 2022). "Venice Film Festival Winners: Golden Lion Goes To 'All The Beauty And The Bloodshed'; Luca Guadagnino Best Director, Martin McDonagh Best Screenplay; Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell Take Acting Prizes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  21. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (September 1, 2022). "'Tár' Leads Large Pack of Venice Pics in Race for Queer Lion". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  22. ^ Anderson, Erik (October 18, 2022). "'TÁR' wins Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Award; 'The Whale,' 'Close' receive top awards". AwardsWatch. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  23. ^ Shanfield, Ethan (October 25, 2022). "'Tár' Leads Gotham Awards Nominations: Full List". Variety. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

External links

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