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Starring: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Mark Strong, Sylvia Flote
Story:
Bio-drama written and directed by Todd Field. set in the international world of classical music, Tár (2022) centers on Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
Narrator: The global pandemic has had an enormous impact on our world, our culture, and our very belief systems. But there are other kinds of plagues that visit us. And whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly and exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. Power. True power requires camouflage. And if you want to don this mask, dance this mask, you must sublimate yourself and your identity. You must, in fact, stand in front of the public, and God, and obliterate yourself.
Lydia Tár: Time is the thing. Time is the essential piece of interpretation. You cannot start without me. I start the clock. However, unlike a clock, sometimes my second hand stops, which means time stops. The reality is, that it’s not until I once again decide to raise that hand that time is allowed to continue marching along her very, merry way.
Interviewer: If you’re here, then you already know who she is. Lydia Tár is many things. As a conductor, Tár began her career with the Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, until she had last arrived here at our own New York Philharmonic. In 2013, Berlin elected Tár as its principal conductor and she’s remained there ever since.
Interviewer: Lydia Tár has also written music for the stage and screen. She is one of only fifteen EGOTs, meaning those who have won all four major entertainment awards. Thank you for joining us, maestro.
Lydia Tár: Thank you.
Andris Davis: How’s the writing going?
Lydia Tár: Not so well. I keep hearing something.
Andris Davis: Schopenhauer measured a man’s intelligence against his sensitivity to noise.
Woman: Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by emotion?
Lydia Tár: Yes. Yes, it does happen.
Sharon Goodnow: We have a problem.
Francesca Lentini: I received another weird email.
Lydia Tár: There’s no reason to get caught up in any intrigue.
Sharon Goodnow: I’m worried. She’s starting to disappear into herself.
Lydia Tár: If you want to dance the mask, you must service the composer. You got to sublimate yourself. Your ego and yes, your identity. You must, in fact, stand in front of the public and God and obliterate yourself.
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