Will the Real Lydia Tár Please Stand Up?

As written and directed by Field, "Tár" is the story of Lydia - a composer and conductor who, because of her brilliance, has risen through the ranks of the world's major orchestras. Lydia's sexuality is simply an ordinary fact of her biography in "Tár" - and together, she and Sharon are, Field says, "a power couple." With "Tár" beginning to shoot in Dresden on Sept. 18, 2021, she asked to start slowly: perhaps with some scenes without dialogue, she suggested to Field, or of Lydia crossing the street? In the film, Lydia is being haunted, and that theme resonates with Blanchett: "I think "Tár" speaks to a moment in a woman's life when she is moving inexorably, as we all are, towards death, and we try to outrun that very thing - we try to outrun the unpalatable sides of ourselves. [Extracted from the article]