Tár is a new film by writer and director Todd Field. It marks his return to cinema after sixteen years.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.
- Tár is a 2022 psychological drama film
- The film is 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
- There Blanchett won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- It was released through a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 7, 2022, by Focus Features
- Before expanding wide on October 28, 2022
- The film received widespread critical acclaim
- With reviewers lauding Blanchett’s performance and Field’s screenplay and direction
- 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
- 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”
- In September 2021, Nina Hoss and Noémie Merlant joined the cast, and Hildur Guðnadóttir became the film’s composer
- Filming began in August 2021 in Berlin
- In an interview with The Guardian in October, Mark Strong revealed that he had finished filming scenes for the film
- In November, it was reported that Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Sylvia Flote had joined the cast
- Kauer is a British–German classical cellist who studied at the Royal Academy of Music
- All diegetic music was recorded live on set, including Blanchett’s piano playing, Kauer’s cello, and the Dresden Philharmonic’s performances
- 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
- On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 94%
- Based on 185 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 8.4/10
- 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”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 91 out of 100
- Based on 45 critics
- Indicating “universal acclaim”
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