Tár (2022)
| Title | Tár |
| Year | 2022 |
| Country | USA |
| Genre | Drama (Movies) |
| Collection | Dance and Music |
| Run Time | 2h 38 min |
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Tár (2022) is a psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field. Acclaimed actress Cate Blanchett takes on the role of Lydia Tár, a world-renowned conductor facing accusations of misconduct. As the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, she relies on Francesca, her personal assistant, to handle her busy schedule. During an interview with Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker Festival, Lydia shares details about her upcoming live recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and her book Tár on Tár. In addition to her musical endeavors, she also collaborates with Eliot Kaplan, an investment banker and amateur conductor who co-founded the Accordion Foundation with her to support aspiring female conductors.
The group discusses technique, replacing Lydia’s assistant conductor Sebastian and filling a vacant cello position in Berlin. As a guest lecturer at Juilliard, Lydia leads a masterclass where she challenges Max, a BIPOC pangender student, for dismissing composer J.S. Bach as a white hetero cisgender man. She inspires her students to prioritize the music and place “the art before the artist”. After receiving an anonymous gift of Vita Sackville-West’s 1923 novel Challenge, Lydia rips out the title page adorned with a damning dedication written in Romani and embellished with a hand-drawn kené pattern. She then discards both the page and the book.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Cate BlanchettLydia Tár  Noémie MerlantFrancesca Lentini  Nina HossSharon Goodnow  Sophie KauerOlga Metkina  Julian GloverAndris Davis  Mark StrongElliot Kaplan  Allan CordunerSebastian Brix |
Tár (2022) is a psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field. Acclaimed actress Cate Blanchett takes on the role of Lydia Tár, a world-renowned conductor facing accusations of misconduct. As the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, she relies on Francesca, her personal assistant, to handle her busy schedule. During an interview with Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker Festival, Lydia shares details about her upcoming live recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and her book Tár on Tár. In addition to her musical endeavors, she also collaborates with Eliot Kaplan, an investment banker and amateur conductor who co-founded the Accordion Foundation with her to support aspiring female conductors.
The group discusses technique, replacing Lydia’s assistant conductor Sebastian and filling a vacant cello position in Berlin. As a guest lecturer at Juilliard, Lydia leads a masterclass where she challenges Max, a BIPOC pangender student, for dismissing composer J.S. Bach as a white hetero cisgender man. She inspires her students to prioritize the music and place “the art before the artist”. After receiving an anonymous gift of Vita Sackville-West’s 1923 novel Challenge, Lydia rips out the title page adorned with a damning dedication written in Romani and embellished with a hand-drawn kené pattern. She then discards both the page and the book.
