Let's talk about Tár.
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Nikkormat
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I watched this yesterday. I thought it was magnificent, apart from the ending, which was completely shit and ruined it. It was as if the last 15 or 20 minutes were done by a different screenwriter and director. A shit ending to what could have been a truly great film.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Saw this on prime. Thought it was brilliant. Exeprtly crafted storty telling a Fantasiclly writen charchter made flesh by a brilliant acting perfromance. Not read the thread so only dimly aware of the various contavorerises around the film. But calling it a film about "cancel culture" is really misselading and a missreading of the film IMHO. As well as quitely detailing exactly how power and abuse go hand in hand - it was about someone who was revelaed to be quite monstrous, pschopathic even - but also a brillant, passionate genius level talent- and throws the quetion of how to sqaure that circle back at us. Its not a film that tells us what to think - and thank fuck for that.
ETA - the scene where she argues with the student about not wanting to play bach as he was a partiarchal white male - yes I think that charachter was a parody of he "snowflake"/cancel culture argument (has anyone ever serioulsy objected to playing bach? would have thought Wagner would have been a better example) - but even then she was shown to be a bully, who - despite her clear and artiucalte argument - wasnt shown to "win" - she failed to convince the student and they ended up walking out her class in disgust - and it was still brilliantly written
Oh - I thought the ending was really good -
How the fuck did Cate Blanchett not get the oscar that year? or the writer for the screen play?
ETA - the scene where she argues with the student about not wanting to play bach as he was a partiarchal white male - yes I think that charachter was a parody of he "snowflake"/cancel culture argument (has anyone ever serioulsy objected to playing bach? would have thought Wagner would have been a better example) - but even then she was shown to be a bully, who - despite her clear and artiucalte argument - wasnt shown to "win" - she failed to convince the student and they ended up walking out her class in disgust - and it was still brilliantly written
Oh - I thought the ending was really good -
I though it was brilliant and darkly hilairious way to depict her final humiliation - and proably exactly what she deserved. Echoes of what happens to glen closes charachter at the end of Dangeous Liasions
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krtek a houby
Saoirse don Phalaistín!
Still mixed feelings about it. CB is great, her character is horrible and the politics about it are... ambiguous.
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I watched it without predjudice recently - ie. not reading any reviews or this thread - and I thought it's a fantastic film. Kate Blanchet is so good: arrogant, elitist, privileged but also brilliant, professionaly. I could watch it again, and I will at some point. Very interesting and shows a world not often seen. I've no idea how accurate it is though, but can imagine people in her position becoming morally corrupt. It happens with depressing regularity, her gender doesn't make her immune to it.
