If you want to see one of the finest movies of the year and a career best performance from Cate Blanchett, you need to race to your local movie theater and see writer-director Todd Field’s TÁR. I cannot emphasize enough how blown away I was by Blanchett’s incredible performance and Field’s brilliant script. Not only did Field shine a light on what happens behind the scenes of orchestras around the world, but he crafted a modern tale about the #MeToo movement, and the examination of power in our society.
In the film, Blanchett plays Lydia Tár, who is at the height of her career and the conductor of a major German orchestra. As she is preparing for a live performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and a book launch, her life begins to unravel due to some of her previous decisions. For more on what the film is about, you can read Brian’s glowing review.
Shortly after seeing the film, I got to speak with Cate Blanchett and Todd Field. They talked about filming the incredible oner where Blanchett is teaching a group of students and why Field wanted to film it all in one take, why it was such a challenge shot to get right, how Field wrote the script for Blanchett without telling her, and what someone should watch if they’ve never seen their work.
Watch what they had to say in the player above, or you can read our conversation below. TÁR is now playing in select theaters and opening in more cities this weekend.
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