TAR Ending Explained | Full Movie Breakdown, Easter Eggs, Cancel Culture And Hidden Ghosts
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- TAR Ending Explained | Full Movie Breakdown, Easter Eggs, Cancel Culture And Hidden Ghosts. We review, recap and explain the ending of the TAR movie. we breakdown this Oscar nominated Cate Blanchett movie, that is a psychological thriller, following the downfall of a composer due to cancel culture and is haunted by the ghosts of that past
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Alright so with the Oscar nominations being announced about a week ago, Cate Blanchett’s Tar gobbled up a handful of noms, and this isn't your typical dry drama. Nah, this wasn’t marketed well, because this is a psychological drama tense “cancel culture” thriller, so we’re going to be breaking this thing down for you, explaining the ending, some of it’s themes, and why the heck there’s a ghost creeping on Lydia Tar.
But with that out of the way, a huge thank you for clicking this, I’m your host Jared, now let’s get into Tar.
So Tar follows Cate Blanchett’s Lydia Tar, essentially being at the top of her game. An accomplished composer, pianist, musicologist, and the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. We see her relishing in these accomplishments, being interviewed at The New Yorker Festival, promoting a handful of projects. Two noteworthy ones are her new book, Tar on Tar, which just screams that Obama awarding himself with a medal meme, and her upcoming live recording of Mahler’s (Mall-ler) Fifth Symphony.
However, with this level of fame and expertise, we soon learn Lydia may have a bit more of a dark side/past to her. Sure being a bit demanding when it comes to the do’s and don’ts of her staff for the upcoming Symphony, but very much badgers one of her BIPOC pangender students about their influences in composers, urging them to focus on their art, rather than the transgressions they may or may not have committed in their personal lives. 
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I know this might cheapen the message of the movie to some extent, but I believe there's actually a case to be made that Krista's ghost is legitimately haunting Lydia, since you can't really write off all of the sightings as hallucinations when Lydia herself doesn't even notice them. Krista is just sort of... there, whether Lydia sees her or not.
Good answer
The final scene completely makes the movie for me. In the NewYorker interview Tar says “time IS the thing” and in the final shot she is bound to the video on the screen, enslaved to time.
🤯
Good catch!
I've never even heard of this movie, I just heard it has Monster Hunter in it
That's one of the thoughts I had in my head and couldn't explain, as a musician getting stick to the metronome is annoying, like you said it feels like being slaved, and being a great composer and specially a director getting stick to it is like a punishment, so it's gratifying knowing that somehow she received what she deserve at the end
Wow. She is no longer the one who decides when they arrive. She has truly lost her power. This makes me think of the voice-over dictating the meaning of the music. She doesn't get to interpret that anymore, either.
I love the line in the doctors office commenting on more than just her back problems, "You need an adjustment, you're a little crooked." a little crooked is right, the thing I love about this character is that she isn't all bad. She wants to do the right thing, and sometimes does, but ends up giving into her darker nature. I'm obsessed with the whole film and I've only seen it once so far.
How is she not all bad? what examples of her doing anything that was self serving even at the expense of others do we see in the film?
@@bascal133 lol I hear you, she's a trip. But she pays for that board members chauffeur out of her own pocket without calling attention to it; she's a dedicated father-figure and provider; despite inappropriate behavior she does care about making good music and musicians. These are little touches that add character depth IMO.
@@bascal133 UMmm....her daughter??????
@@bascal133 At the end of the movie, when she goes back home, you understand she's fought against her modest social origines. Her love for music was her only guidance. She cries when she hears Bernstein talking about music. She had to fight her way through to the top.
@@catherinecozzano2580 So? No really, that's my answer. Everyone in the arts has to fight there are many less positions than dreamers in that field. Having a crybaby backstory which I'm sure many in that orchestra and in the arts have in no counterbalances or excuses her predatory behavior towards her students. I would argue it makes it worse, she can empathize with their desperation to succeed and instead of offering genuine mentorship or even opening up about her own past she takes advantage of them and rejects that whole part of herself. I understand your argument but I don't agree that "she isn't all bad" if what she did wasn't so heinous I would agree but I think what she did was SO BAD that like I don't care, no excuse.
I disagree with the take that Tar's downfall was due to cancel culture.... she literally caused on her downfall because of her power-corrupted mindset and behavior.
Agreed!
You're right. Being only human is no longer an excuse. We should socially witch hunt EVERYONE and anyone who steps out of line. Our fragility should be that line. Why improve ourselves when we can use fascism to force others to adhere to our sensibilities?
Nothing more narcissistic than thinking your views are that fine line.
Yes lol and cancel culture is what the consequences were
And she was cancelled as a result of her power-corrupt mindset and behavior, hence the cancel culture causing it.
Well said.
Cate Blanchett is unbelievably talented!
I think you missed one of my favorite themes in the whole movie. The contradiction between the glossy fake perfect world of the highly trained successful classical musical world and the reality of life....tying in the issues she had with her disabled neighbor. like when she had to assist the woman who had feces all over her but then had to rush back to be there for the practice with Olga. And then when the neighbors said she was disturbing them with her music. As a not successful wealthy musician, I just loved the reality check of that one!
Those are supporting elements of the overall theme. Dig deeper.
Well at least you are wealthy
@@DL-od4su can you give your point of view?
This is exactly what got me!! I’ve worked in care, so I know the harsh unrelenting indignity of personal care! The fact Lydia lives in such organised, sterile precision ….and was suddenly thrust into the chaos of her neighbours apartment….wasn’t lost on me. Also how she had to physically touch the naked old lady…being a confrontation of her own mortality/physicality….and getting her ‘hands dirty’ so to speak.
@@LilaAlejandra_ No, because they don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
There's no clear mention of Lydia having a romantic relationship with Krista. It's all implied but nothing has been given directly. That's what I loved about this movie: It doesn't spoon feed the audience anything. We are left to interpretations and thus lively discussions. Such a rich detailed movie with a tour de force from Cate Blanchett. Her performance is for the cinema history for being one of the greatest, yes it's that good, Daniel day lewis TWBB plain view.
The mirror scene was PRETTY clear to me
The ending though....
That shows that too often, the "cancel culture, BLM, Metoo, etc." destroy life of people, while just based on rumors... (I am a Western woman, consider myself as feminist)...
We didn’t see it as those scenes were cut and didn’t make it into the final film
You are right. I can surely say she did not have romantic encounters with Krista. Lydia was cancelled unfairly. check my comment for more explanations
What I also really loved about the movie, is how rhythm (and time) follows here, like how the maids fold out the sheets, or when she boxes. The second time she boxes, I actually thought I heard Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik haha. I absolutely loved this movie, there is still so much to discover about it. All the subtle details, like how she is obsessed with hygiene and all the foreshadowing from the interview, is amazing
Yes! I heard Mozart too (1/2/6 punches repeated) Made me wonder what the first boxing beat was … eye of the tiger?
I felt that too. Excellent detail
I box and also noticed the timing in the second time she boxed. It was like a short predictable loop which plays with that theme of being enslaved to time.
Also I'm still wondering what happens with the girl Tar meets after the interview, it seems Lydia keeps the red handbag and takes it to Berlin, but we never get to see how or why this happened, to me it's a symbol how Tar always takes something from her affairs, like a troffy, another predatory characteristic.
She goes to meet that woman for a romantic adventure AFTER she has told her assistant 'no need to come back for notes tonight ' and sends her away.... then she starts to dress up.... Of course we don't see her sex episodes with other women, it is always implied, but the handbag is 'proof' if you like and her assistant always is aware because she KNOWS Lydia, and obviously those two have been intimate before as well
@@BiBaBo49 that's what I said, Lydia keeping objects of her affairs' is just another characteristic of her predatory behavior
did you see she took a trophy from Sebastians desk when she fired him. the woman with the bag did ask for her number.@@BiBaBo49
also who is supposed to be doing the live texting the entire time? I was confused as to that. I thought it would be the assistant but i am not sure
The way this film carefully shows her daily life - dressing, running, brushing her teeth - all things we usually think of as private really amplifies the feeling her privacy will be completely violated, as the case when abuse of power is challenged.
Just saw the movie at the theater. At first, I was kind of overwhelmed by how long it seemed, but as it went on I started understanding its message. I learned to never judge until I know the whole story. It’s honestly a very good movie.
I learned to never ever take anyone for granted no matter how successful you are. and never get a big head cause it could all come crumbling down.
If you’re wondering if sexual harassment and abuse is a problem in classical music, look up James Levine and Charles Dutoit, two real conductors name-dropped in the movie. Levine, in particular, was notorious for his predatory behavior for decades before his reign of terror was finally stopped.
Sooooooooooooooooo many examples. Hornist and founder of the International Horn Competition, Elliot Higgins, was revealed as a serial rapist just 2 weeks ago!! The classical music world needs to take a long, hard look I’m the mirror and then go through a massive change that doesn’t just involve tokenism.
YES, and like Lydia Tar, Levine’s egotistical genius is missed since.
@@Orson2u When I chose the word "predatory" to describe Levine, I was choosing not to use the more accurate term for his behavior, which is "pedophilic." I mean, the Vienna Philharmonic purportedly assigned him a "chaperone" whenever he was in town in order to keep him away from the local children. I hadn't wanted to insert such a dark topic into the comments section, but your flippant remark about missing his "egotistical genius" forced my hand. So. Now that you know, will you stop trying to minimize the disgusting, abhorrent behavior that caused Levine and other "egotistical geniuses" like him to be cancelled, and leave them in the dustbin of history where they belong?
Excellent breakdown. I did catch the “ghost” in her apartment but I didn’t catch the one at night in her bedroom. Blanchett’s performance was magnetic, nuanced and powerful! Some might even think Lydia Tar is a real person or the movie is an autobiography. Excellent direction and beautifully shot as well! One of my favourites of the year!
The opposite with me. I didn't catch the ghost in the apartment but saw the image in the bedroom, but I thought it was Sharon sitting there.
I honestly thought lydia tar was a real person, i even search on youtube to see her live concert 🤣
There actually was the back of a red haired woman in at least two scenes too
I'm 99% sure that Francesca is taking all the damning videos of her and after Krista's death, she is instrumental in the "canceling." Can anybody else confirm that? Francesca would be the only person the plane with her and in the studio at Julliard where the footage is filmed. Are we sure, though, that nobody else was in on it? And if Francesca was taking the video and only vanished after she didn't get the promotion, isn't she every bit as guilty as Lydia for bad behavior?
I loved the scene in which Tar threatened the little girl, very charachter-revealing.
Well, her mother clearly didn’t do a good job, the teachers never do shit, someone had to do some parenting.
I felt the opposite way about it - it was one of the more humanizing scenes
Revealing a sense of justice?
yeah, the way she said she's her daughters father, not mother. also she had a cup on her desk saying "Dad"
It was the one "defect" she has that was relatable lol I've made a kid cry only once, and it was because he was bullying my baby brother. I didn't yell at him or curse or anything, but I was quite harsh.
The great thing about this film is that it perfectly conveys the message that what people call “Cancel Culture” is actually a shift in the nature of power in society. In short, it’s harder for people who climb the professional ladder in a heartless way like Lydia to maintain positions of power now because of technology and social media holding them accountable. While these terrible people may be great at their craft, this film shows that there is plenty of talent found in those surrounding these terrible people. These people are often suppressed by the Lydias of the world and are often more deserving of positions of power.
The world is full of terrible people in power that, are rarely held accountable.
Cancel culture is actually a shift in societal views manifesting as mob mentality. It doesn’t hold people accountable it pressures people into a specific way of thinking and acting. It’s fueled by entitlement and personal bias.
Only people who aren’t desired are “held accountable “. Those desired are given exceptions.
@@JaSeanJonesorrrrrr hear me out, those who aren’t desired are actually the ones doing bad stuff?
No matter what 'good' cancel culture can do, it literally only targets the WRONG people 99% of the time.
I got some thoughts about her love for young girls. I think it’s because she’s afraid of becoming older, losing her abilities and power as well. So, in a way that she likes being in a company of young, beautiful women kinda satisfies her unconsciously.
For this reason, I think, there are lots of scenes with mirrors. She often watches her reflection on the mirror and it’s not a good thing to do and realize how the person is changing.
Right and the metaphors with the elderly neighbor as well and how disturbed she was by it versus empathetic.
There's another pretty interesting interaction between Tár and the man who wanted some notes from her(can't remember his name), kinda mirroring how some artists can get lost trying to be exactly like their heroes but also how the artists they look up to will be vague about sharing their knowledge because they don't want their juniors to advance beyond them. Only for Tár to get replaced the same character in the end.
She shared her notes. I think that symbolize how talented ppl with questionable actions are replaced with untalented and mediocre ppl.
This character was actually based on a real-life human (I’m sorry, I can’t remember who). He was an investor but then became obsessed with conducting, so he quit and relentlessly shadowed famous conductors to try and copy them.
based on Gilbert Kaplan…a wealth wall street man…and “part time conductot” obsessed on Mahler’s….particulary on Mahler’s 2nd Symphony
His name is Elliot.
one thing I caught, I think, is that there is this mysterious alarm sound that seemingly inspires the melody for her 'for Petra' song that she's composing and that ends up being the distress signal of this elderly woman on the brink of death... very very ominous.
Also I think there is something going on about Tar's early studies in ethnic music. I mean between the intro credit song that sounds very ethnic, to the tribal nature of the pattern that shows up several times and the vision of this shaman looking guy in her dreams. I'm also wondering if Petra isn't actually adopted from this country maybe? why is Petra explicitly shown to have drawn the pattern herself several times in the movie? why does she seem like she sees something when she looks directly at the camera in that one scene?... I'm curous if other people have more theories about this.
Very interesting
I had this impression that what happened to the three of them in the Amazon was certainly connected to spiritual rituals (well, as for native tribes pretty everything is connected to spirituality, unlike in our cultures, where we tend to understand, estimate everything in a quite cold, intellectual manner). You can see how much it has influenced Lydia's understanding of music. I think it was this divine element that she was looking for in music generally, and probably this profound research lead to her amazing success.
So from these Chipibo rituals, she understands great things about art, but is not humble enough. She acts from her calculations, is selfish and egoist. She believes that she can control others. But the spirits follow her everywhere and what happened between her and Krista is just one part of the whole puzzle of how she is taking spiritual consequece for not serving the spirits in a respectful way.
Obviously there is much more about this movie and about this character but these are my thoughts on shamanic sides of the scenario ;)
ABSOLUTELY loved Tár in spite of her faults, great character but not great person. Cate Blanchett might just be one of my favorite actors/actresses that I don’t see in enough movies.
(Hot take, she might just be the best part of Thor Ragnarok).
Between this, Black Swan, and Whiplash (maybe Babylon and obviously a few others) I’m developing a big love of movies that explore the tortured artist.
Blue Jasmine (2013) earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. That is when I fell in love with her acting. A must see.
@@ronster369Her second Oscar. Tár could be her third.
Wow, you "liked" Lydia????? Do you "like" Weinstein and Cosby, too? They did some good things. Blanchett is sublime and wonderful, for sure, and I don't think she wanted (and didn't) make Tar likeable. Tar is a horror monster, guilty of far more criminal acts than we see on screen.
Sorry, you said "loved Lydia." I think she should be doing 15 years in jail, after further investigation. And Lydia knows that too, that's why she's scared. She is psychopathic.
@@douglaslabarbera3557 Tár should be doing 15 years in jail for what, exactly? What did she do that makes her such a horrific “monster”? To compare the character to the likes of actual real-life rapists like Harvey Weinstein? Did she rape anyone? Did she murder anyone? 🤔
A small observation to make: the story of Wilhelm Furtwängler and its importance.
The composer, after he could no longer perform on stage, went to the cemetery to give concerts instead, although perhaps if he had moved away and started a new life in the same way, he could have rebuilt his career.
This is an important element compared to Lydia, who threw away her artistic integrity, conducting on a cosplay.
She isn’t a monster. She isn’t perfect. She is all of us. Flawed. Desiring things that are not good for her.
I saw the "ghosts" when watching it. The first one I thought was a mistake - someone on set didn't move out of the shot. The second one was CLEARLY not that... Very creepy. Followed up by the little girl looking over Lydia's shoulder and then burying her face into her shoulder... Yikes.
Yes there are more than 2 times the "ghost" seems to appear to the characters. Chilling
not a mistake
There is a scene in which Tar mentions Plácido Domingo. She rents a house or apartment and mentions that it had belonged to him. Tar only mentions that, but doesn't mention the allegations of sexual harassment about Plácido Domingo. At first I thought that they did not want to give importance to that topic, I also thought that in that fictional world they simply had not accused him of anything. But seeing that the film takes place in the real world, the best example is the mention of the pandemic, and reading the comments undoubtedly left us several clues about the type of person Lydia Tar was.
I've seen the movie four times and i just can't get enough, everytime I watch it i catch something new and makes go 🤯🤯🤯 for me Olga and Francesca had some connection and have met previously and team up to make Lydia go insane and finally accept what she did to Krista. That scene of the live chatting i connect it to Olga traveling with her to New York in the private jet we see later on on the movie. This has so many layers it's worth a watch several times, it's just genius.
I just love all the conspiracy theories around Tar.
agree with you. amazing movie.
Did you catch that Francesca was texting on her phone the minute before Lydia goes to the rest rooms, where she eventually sees Olga for the first time? That leads to Lydia changing her test ratings for Olga once she recognizes her boots. Another hint for Francesca and Olga beeing in cahoot. Francesca would have known that Lydia would react that way to the pretty cellist
The thing with Monster Hunter can also be interpreted as symbolizing today's Hustle Culture: "Monster Hunter" refers to someone who hunts monsters, but can also be a hunter who is a monster. Like she became a monster through relentlessly hunting fame and power from her humble beginnings.
Finally! Out of all the analyses I've read and watched, you're the ONLY one to have brought up the fascinating final dream sequence of her in bed with the long branch dangling over her, precariously held up! It's such a profound dream infused with powerful symbolism, it's been bothering me that nobody else noticed it or paid attention to it. Thank you sir for giving it the attention it deserves, though there is so much more to it that can be explored.
In contrast to your interpretation, to me this dream was unmistakably a reference to the Sword of Damocles (which indicates impending doom), with the branch as the hanging blade and the spreading flame a symbolic indicator that it had finally fallen onto her - a means of expressing a falling blade without having one explicitly & visually actually fall. Interestingly, this dream indeed marked the transition point in the film where everything begins to fall apart for her, rapidly leading to her complete destruction - something you astutely noted yourself, color me impressed. This dream sequence is a subtle nudge for those aware enough to grasp it, to brace themselves to realize that everything for her was about to go completely downhill. The metaphor works profoundly well for her story and character arc, and as the person in the position of power under constant threat, she is willingly surrounded by a moat of water to protect her at her most vulnerable (her subconscious that is exposed in her sleep, and why she has trouble sleeping.), just as described in the original Roman allegory.
The snake moving through the water is new to me, something I totally didn't catch, so thank you so much for pointing that out! You've also provided some neat explanations for what the snake may represent. I believe those interpretations can actually be correct. But I've used your insights to evolve my understanding of the metaphor even further. Hear me out: The snake shuffling its way in the water towards her, as her hand begins to lay out over the water, prime to be bitten soon after, is her past finally catching up to her and biting her. This was the point after which her past led to her complete downfall. That sneaky past, the accumulation of her past sins, slithered its way into her life and struck her where and when she is most vulnerable. This aligns with the conniving, scheming, duplicitous, and malicious intentions of all the people in her life who use her for their own benefit and advancement, just the same way they claim she abused her privilege in the position of power she held. So the snake in the protective body of water is all her wrongs finally coming back to bite her. What an insanely profound and effective metaphor. It all aligns perfectly.
I'm surprised nobody has brought this up yet - not in any review or comment about the film I've seen so far, not even yours. Am I the only one who noticed that it's a reference to the Sword of Damocles?
Has anyone else noticed how often Tar tends to call other people "robots" when she wants to evaluate them negatively or emphasize their lack of emotional intelligence? It might tell us something significant about her position on many things: for example, I think in fact she deeply appreciates the authenticity of wild human nature and pure uncontrollable emotions that any of us have (her interest in Asian culture makes sense considering that). That inner freedom gave her an ability to see things from many perspectives and to become a truly great Artist, but it also made her vulnerable and destroyed her eventually. Maybe there was a crucial point in Tar's life when she gave herself that inner permission to do some dangerous and controversial things in order to stay "human", not a "robot"?
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Or maybe she is doing something hat psychologists name projection. As a narcissist, she is projecting the pieces of herself that she cannot acknowledge and come to terms with onto other people. She doesn't really seem to consider people as fully human. As many narcissists, psychopaths and psychotics do, she seems to have a perception of others as mannequins that she can place and displace as she likes. The external world doesn't seem to exist in a way other than a frightening magma of menacing, faceless figures, like in her dreams/nightmares. It's either a world of scary puppet that you need to manipulate, or people that are part of her more intimate world that become internal objects, which is scary too. The relationship she has with her "daughter" is totally that kind of strange indistinct relationship with herself and her own ghosts. The girl has no real existence as she has been interiorized by her.
ВАУ! Вы точно уловили то, что я пыталась сформулировать на уровне ощущений. Действительно, есть в ней что-то настолько большее, чем очевидное хищничество и лицемерие. И тот факт, что она постоянно врет, но никогда не делает это убедительно? Буквально все все знают.
I moreso viewed it as Lydia shaming others who are by the book and follow what they know rather than making an unsafe choice in creation.
Perfect synopsis..
She did give in at some stage.
Which also made her maybe a little angry or disappointed in herself.
To be blackmailed or forced to be held accountable for her actions. It happens eventually.
It can also be a weakness, in her eyes.
People like her, don't like to leave a messy trail behind. It can be used as evidence one day.
Аmazinly talented actress Cate Blanchett and so industrious to learn German, playing the piano, conducting the orchestra!!! She is best of the best real serous actresses!
Now many things make sense to me about the movie and Tàr being haunted. I loved all the explanation about her dream, the book, and the cosmic serpents. Thank you for making this video. Cate is always fantastic. I never saw the ghost!
Saw this on the big screen yesterday; had not noticed the ghosts at all. Great analysis! Usually when people give a movie a low rating on IMDB for being 'too slow' that means I'll enjoy it :)
THANK YOU. of all the many many summaries I've ever encountered yours is the most sane, easiest to understand and perfectly paced. And....I imagine THIS movie wasn't the easiest. good work.
We see the Krista symbols appearing in Lydia's house at least twice. They were presented once on the rhythm machine hidden inside a cupboard, once in the form of Petra's play doh. Did Krista's ghost make those symbols appear in the house?
Yes, the film is about paranormal activity.
Could be....
@@LilCrashOutFr BAHAHAHAA
Metronome
I think maybe it was in Tar’s paranoid/guilty mind
It's not important, but I absolutely love Lydia's clothing style.😍
she's so handsome
Me too! And it is very important, actually.
@@beatrizmaldonadovargas4659 ohhhh what did the clothing mean?
@@-.______.- power, authority, masculinity, wealth, royalty, status quo.
This is THE BEST spoiler-analysis review I've come across for this - my favorite film for 2022. I've seen it 3 times in the theater and NEVER caught the ghost! The book gifted to her though before her ex lover took her own life was a stunning revelation of brilliance in the writing. I need to get to the theatre this weekend for a 4th viewing because I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it on a smaller screen it's so rich. I just subscribed and will now look to see if you covered The Pale Blue Eye 😉
Thank you, hope you enjoy the content
I was actually blown away by this movie. It is incredibly well done and won't be surprised if Cate takes the Oscar over favorite to win Michelle.
ROBBED!!! SHE WAS ROBBED!! Can't they call it a tie?!
@@colleen4ever eh she has one already but sure she will get another in the coming years. She is soo good in this movie tho
@@Dustviii. She has 2, but who’s counting?
This was a great movie and is definitely relevant now but also timeless. Lydia was the only one to blame for the consequences that she received. Her behavior came back to bite her.
That's why the ending makes perfect sense., The once great conductor and composer brought down to Earth- HARD- by her own hubris and now back on the very bottom of the ladder. Kharma is a bitch.
Solid work Jared! You have been a solid addition to the Heavy spoilers fam. Big ups to the man Paul as well for giving the boy a chance! 😁
Thanks for doing a video on this. Tar is my number 1 film of 2022.
Just got out of Tar and wow! We are taken for a trip and I love how there’s obvious changes happening that you get immediately with things you question spliced in.
One more thing I wanted to add but had forgotten to include is who stole Lydia's performance score? Did Lydia have any kind of affair with Francesca? The only person that had access to the apartment was Francesca because she had her keys several times and would be so easy for her to make copies of it to steal the score as part of the takedown. But when Olga showed up at that photo shoot and Lydia happens to look up and see over there there was no reason for Olga to be there and it was almost like if that could have been her using Francesca's keys to go into the apartment knowing that both Sharon and Lydia were out of the house and Petra was at school. And lastly when Francesca quit vacated her place so quickly like that had to be planned ahead and who was she living with I think she teamed up with Olga cuz it was most certainly not that Olga was living in that squatter place with all that water would have ruined her cello. So many unanswered questions and then when Olga was at the book reading she was texting to someone and that someone had to be Francesca.
I like that it was unanswered, I know people believing there's some black magic on them ruining their lives, but when you are a bad person you make a lot of enemies and is inevitable to have problems coming from everywhere, it feels like there are really ghosts following you, it could be Francesca, Olga, the other director, or even her daughter playing with the score
@@mg2318 It could even have been Sharon. You can see how important the music is to her when she is willing to consider letting Olga have the solo even when she is not formally a member of the orchestra.
Yes! I think. Francesca is smitten with her and I am sure she had sex; but that's fine - unless u take into account the transactional, quid-pro-quo, status of the sex. Tar is a predator.
Francesca was her main assistant so she would have spare keys to the apartment, Definitely certain it was Francesca.
Moral of the story: BE NICE TO YOUR ASSISTANTS NO MATTER WHAT! They have more info on you than you can ever know!
I think that like all the others things, it only shows the paranoia from which Lydia suffers more and more, so it's not a real thing, like the metronome in the cupboard or the pattern on her daughter's table.
Great analysis! I was looking for smarter, mote cultivated person to explain the book, the maze pattern and some small details hard to catch at first view. Thank you!
Thanks so much for covering this and, despite the upvoted comments, you nailed the analysis.
Honestly one of the most surprising films of this year. A truly masterful way of storytelling and mix of themes of drama, suspense, horror, thriller and humor. Absolutely great! Along EEAAO my favorites
Cate is the superlative actress of the 21st century! This film is a good piece for discussions in Philosophy classes.
Fantastic review. Amazing details you got to explain here that i had no clue about. It sure was scary at times I agree
Thank you Sooo much for your commentary. As with many first viewings I completely missed the Easter Eggs. TAR is streaming now so it will be great to see it again. Cate’s performance was spectacular! The only one who can beat her to the Oscar is Michelle Yeou, but her movie was confusing to most people, unlike TAR which is crystal clear in it’s depiction of the rise and fall of a tortured soul. When I first saw the title I thought, “ Blanchett is in a movie about a paving company?! “ Just kidding. Thanks again for the wonderful analysis. It will make my second viewing much more enjoyable.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TIE!
her constant handwashing: we see Cate as Lydia, more than once scrubbing her hands, washing herself meticulously- reminiscent of Lady Macbeth, washing away the guilt.
or Covid? :)
Loved the movie ,went a second time to see it ,Cate Blanchett is amazing.
Thanks for you're break down of things that take place throughout the movie ,it certainly is a film that makes think about what's happening and stays with you.
Definitely one for my DVD collection.
I had flashbacks to Whiplash while watching it, enjoyed both films immensely
One thing I love about the movie is that we pretty much never leave the characters perspective, so taking anything at face value is almost impossible, kind of like with Joaquin Phoenix' Joker, though that movie was more straightforward with its reveal. Depending on ones interpretation (in the same way the conductor might disagree with the composer), one could argue very few of the things we're seeing on screen actually happen, or everything happens exactly as witnessed, or that the truth is somewhere in the middle
My fave movie of the past year and one of THE great cinema acting performances by Blanchett. The entire project was a refreshing ‘clap back’ at this Marvel era and hopefully there shall be more sharp and reflective films on the way.
i saw Tar today alone in the cinemas,
it bended my mind.
i have started to go into films not reading a synopsis or watching the trailer, purely throwing myself into the deep end.
i was engaged and rapidly trying to make full sense out of the first initial interview, tailing off reading a few text messages and watching the credits FIRST - genius.
yet, i knew she was going to be haunted - from the getgo, as the text message first off stated that very thing, keeping an eye out, the paranoia that was built from the night sequences at home, any time she went for a run - i was fearful, and the connection that her daughter was having to the threat of a sleepless night.
she was alert, on guard, yet her daughter could not sleep, and when she curled into Tar as she looked out into the dark hallway,
chills.
chills - constantly, and the sequence with the DOG - i honestly was frightened, the omen, it didn’t necessarily chase her, but the build up tension to witnessing her fall, truly was that moment i really started to see the foundational pillars of who she was, break.
she truly was following bad habits, and wanting to pursue olga, the musical talent, was to tastefully addictive to her,
and she held her self through - yet the constant pressure of the past, caught up with her - she she states in the first interview scene - the past and the present - collide.
what a film, urge to watch it alone. it’s really well
crafted and Blanchett can act her pants off.
Thanks for your analysis. And, no, I did not see the ghost-like images in the film. One thing you didn’t include was Lydia’s bullying encounter with her daughter’s bully. This was the first time in the film that I realized her true dark nature. There was nothing ambiguous about that encounter; it was true naked power on a primal physical/psychological level and you could see the raw enjoyment that she got when she learned of the result she achieved. It is an interesting movie and I would enjoy seeing it again so I could enjoy a more nuanced viewing. Thanks a million.
Yes, this scene expressed her character and the theme of the movie to me in a nutshell
I also thought the way she spoke to that child used the same manipulation that child molesters use. "Don't tell any adults about this... No one will believe you..." it gave me chills
so her true dark nature. she did it out of love for her daughter. Don't you think it is not just pure evil?
@@zszs7466 you are right. It was quite human actually.
Thats not a normal reaction, idkk in third world it seems normal
I'm glad I watched your review, even though I haven't seen Tar yet and knew I was going to be massively spoiled. I've been ambivalent about seeing it, although I think I've seen every other film Blanchett has done. It just looked so bleak and arty for arty's sake, I just didn't feel up for it. But your review of the hidden and subtextual elements is intriguing and you have convinced me to watch it after all. Thanks.
great breakdown jared! I watched it straight after seeing the movie for the first time and it really enriches the experience. reflecting on the little subtleties that you don't initially realise, but are there staring at you in the face the whole time is very reminiscent of something like shutter island on the second watch. francesca's passive aggression and animosity is really dialled up when you examine all of her body language once you know what you are looking for. another small detail I noticed is that in the 1st part when lydia is talking with a fan after her book event, lydia compliments her red bag, the fan, deborah (who lydia had already for gotten the name of) asked if she could text lydia. A few scenes later lydia has the red bag in the car with her and when she gets home to Germany to her partner. i wondered about the missing score also but assumed Francesca stole it and sold it to to kaplan - due to him badgering lydia for it at the start and saying he had been in communication with Francesca for a peek.
Very good and helpfull analysis- thx for sharing. What I was toying in my head was the thought about Krista Taylor- Krista is an anagram of at risk and taylor as her last name refers to me to one of the first scenes showing Lydia at the taylor getting a suit. The suit stands for power, masculinity, wealth and honor, everything that is put "at risk" through Krista in the end. Very interesting.
Emotionally intelligent breakdown! Thank you for sharing.
Whenever they have ghosts in the background like Haunting of Hill House and movies like Insidious. I feel like that is the best kind of horror. The goosebumps are real.
I am the person on Twitter who asked if you were going to review Tar. You didn't reply on Twitter but boy oh boy did you ever come through with the goods. Bravo!!!!!
Apologies, thanks for checking out the video
Awesome review and explanation. 👍🏽
Your video explanation was stellar!! I saw this in the movie theater when it premiered in November. I since rented it and then bought it and have seen it now a total of 10 times! I never caught those images those ghost-like images that you have shown. So I went back to that scene and I was like well it could really be anything but I had to look at it with a magnifying glass and say yes it did resemble Krista. However dead people don't have bones and flesh they are in their light body so I don't believe it was really Krista taunting her. There are some other things you have to consider such as the drug Lydia was taking which I refer to at the bottom. Firstly the text messages from the beginning of the film is a dialogue between Francesca and an unknown person who I think would have to be at that time perhaps Krista. I believe that Francesca and Olga planned to take Lydia down. And when she was rejected as the assistant conductor that's when they moved their plans into warp speed. Why I believe she was set up from the beginning because we never saw her do anything that she is actually accused of there was no physical and sexual advances toward these women that we could see the only thing was when they were in her apartment when the album covers were tossed on the floor looks like Lydia is putting her Barefoot onto somebody else's foot. Now in the whole movie you never see Francesca I believe ever entering into that apartment. She only is at the the big house.. So if it's not Francesca who is it then because she cut all ties with Krista? Which brings me to another question why did she prevent Krista from moving on if she wanted Krista out of her life and Lydia is in Berlin and Krista was applying to Philadelphia Orchestra and New York Orchestra why not have her conduct there and be done with her? Also as far as the hallucinations and the hearing all different sounds Lydia was overdosing on Sharon's metropola one of the side effects is hearing feeling and seeing things that are not real. There is something else that makes me support that she was set up when Lydia first goes into the bathroom before she's critiquing the live interviews Francesca is on her phone texting as Lydia enters the bathroom almost signaling Olga to come in and make her appearance into the bathroom. Another point is if you read the emails by freezing each scene Krista talks about her brain wishing she could take a pill to stop the way she feels. Secondly when Alec Baldwin is interviewing Lydia you see her Wikipedia page being edited which we don't know if the interview was in real time or recorded earlier but if it was in real time that was support Lydia's claim that Krista was vandalizing her Wikipedia page cuz Krista was still alive at that time . Now I have watched every Todd interview as well as the cast give all their different commentary and Todd left the movie ambiguous he left it up to the interpretation of the individual. I also would like to see the director's cut as he cut out so many important scenes that would really lend Clarity to what really was going on. So I hope he does release them at some point. Fantastic movie!
Really enjoyed your take on the film. Thanks
I watched Tar last night on Amazon Prime, after watching Maestro the day before. The movie did a great job of explaining the in’s & out’s of being a conductor. The use of music language, and Blanchard’s simple piano playing, made it very believable. Nice touch! The movie does leave a lot of questions. So thank you for your clear and simple breakdown of Tar! Good acting, plot, music and tension, totally worth seeing! 🌸
Lydia’s conclusion when Max abandoned the class “Unfortunately, the architect of your soul appears to be social media". I think this is a very appropriate for Lydia to say because she’s being defending that the music shall be interpreted as the way you’re feeling it, where the words can’t explain it, like Bernstein said at the end of the movie. But exactly that architect catches her without her being able to resist, it eats her. She ends directing an orchestra for a comic video where the public, at the same time and for sure, expends hours, days immersed in the social media. The perfect loop ➰. The movie is so amazing intense and Blanchett trapped me from the first moment she enters into scene. She speaks German like she were born in Berlin, no accent! I do speak German so I can tell. The interview at the beginning of the movie, she hypnotized me not only with her voice but with the way she speaks with her hands. Wow! not many movies leave me thinking and reflecting like Tár. And I go to the movies at least once a week.
Interesting point about social media.
Blanchett was insanely good, her German however was absolutely not perfect (which it doesn't have to be as her character is American). No German would mistake her for a native speaker, sometimes I as a "Berliner" could barely understand what she was saying. German is a difficult language, though, and many of it's sounds and vowels are almost impossible to recreate for non-native speakers who learned it later in life, as is the case with most languages that differ too much from one's native tongue.
Ja, ihr Deutsch war ausgezeichnet. Sehr schwierig, eine Fremdsprache mit dem entsprechenden Ton und Charakter zu sprechen.
she had a really distinct american accent... it was good, but nowhere near native. also "Born in Berlin" and "No accent" seem a bit like contradictions, Berlin has a very distinct dialect.
You did a great job on this 👏
Amazing journey into the darkness that lies in all of us. It was a very intimate film where the tone changed as the challenges became too much for Tar to withstand and loved all the subtle clues TF leaves for us. If you want to test a person's character, give them power.
thank you for this analysis!
Above all guard your heart it is the wellspring of life.
Being a great success from the publics point of view isn't as satisfying as knowing,
the following.
You did your best,and sometimes failed, but are greatly loved.
Thanks for the insight I got from your review, like a fine optician, you clarified a lot for me.
Anyone using "cancel culture" in the context of this movie either hasn't seen it or didn't understand itm
Because they're promoting the movie that way, probably to get more viewers. It's a mistake imo.
Wow! Such a detailed and informative video on the film.
thanks for making this video. i learned a lot.
An awesome video, thank you.
This is such an excellent movie. It's one of the fe movies that I still thought about days after seeing it, which is surprising because the story is rather straight forward. It's just very well done.
Maybe the best review i've seen so far
Great explanation. I loved the movie. Kate is a wonderful actress.... The old theory " your sin will find you out".
Thanks for the info
I saw TAR with my 40 year old Daughter. She has a different take to the film. In her opinion Most of the film is Linda Tarr fantasising what hert life could have been and that she was the one blacklisted from conducting. In other words she was Krista who in reality did not commit suicide. The only true reality was the scene with the brother and the ending. I disagree with her view but makes for interesting discussion. My daughter also suggests that having the end credits at the beginning back her theory.
Love this analysis! And at the risk of sounding like Tar herself, Olga wasn’t ever first chair, she was just a soloist for the Elgar
Cancel culture, no a narcissists downfall. This character is repugnant, and creates her own misery. The ending had me howling with laughter.
Great review! Lots of good insights. I hadn't noticed the ghosts! Freaky. Great movie
So was she guilty? I find that question the most interesting. I always assumed innocence when I watched it, and the movie never explicitly say's she committed the crimes she was accused of. But when you connect the dots, it does seem that she's carrying a substantial amount of guilt over something she's supposedly innocent of. It's an interesting question.
I really loved the film though, and fell in love with Lydia Tar. Cate Blanchett gives an amazing performance.
I wish I had watched this video earlier. I watched Tar for the second time recently and though I wasn't as lost the second go around, I would have benefited greatly by watching this first. Thank you. The one part I rarely see mentioned - Lydia steals Sharon's anxiety medication for her own use. But when Sharon is suffering an anxiety attack, Lydia pretends to find one loose in the drawer and comes to her rescue drawing one from her stolen stash. A rat indeed....but not totally without a conscience. Maybe because I think Cate walks on water as an actor, I found it impossible to hate Lydia despite not really liking her very much. Oscar worthy for sure.
it's not anxiety medication, it's for her heart
Thank you for your amazing in-depth analysis.
I'd like to add that the number five can not only be found in Mahler's fifth symphony but also in the number of women, Lydia (probably) has had affairs with: Krista, Francesca, Whitney (red bag woman), Olga and the girl with the robe would be nr 5.
Concerning the topic "time", I find it interesting that the movie starts with the end credits. Could the movie also be viewed backwards? Like an unknown conductor, named Linda Tarr from the suburbs, rising up and becoming the famous Lydia Tar, who talks on stage about her biography?
Very well described 👍
I was completely surprised at the craftsmanship of this movie. I didn't know anything about it, so I was experiencing everything in real time. All the twists and turns. But there were still a few things I couldn't quite figure out. So thank you.
Plácido Domingo is also intentionally mentioned, in my opinion. Everything serves to the film purposes.
It is quite the work of art, an amazing film. I am planning to watch it again, to pick up some of the small nuances I missed the first time. I believe some of the scenes may be hallucinations as her life unravels.
Just a detail about where Lydia ends up 'out East': for the river trip the reference to the crocodiles left over from the
filming of Apocalypse Now places that scene in Pagsanhan, Philippines. But the Philippines is not very 'oriental', so
other scenes may be filmed in Cambodia. Lydia under the waterfall in a very vulva-shaped rock formation may be in Thailand.
I absolutely love how the movie made us interact with it by goading us unto inferences... And this is why i feel Lydia is so misunderstood... And she was more reflexive than calculated in her 'monstrousity'. Without that downfall, she'd nevrr have seen or know and she needed the pyschological failing as a worthy prelude. The first pointers to the crack in this 'Vessel of Power'
As a long time monster hunter fan that ending came out of nowhere hahahaha
Proof of a Hero always gives me goosebumps. Every time.
You can't separate the art from the artist, it came from them they birthed it. People are complex and flawed, yeah power does get to people's' heads but humans created the idea of the celebrity and putting them on this pedestal with these high moral standards that are impossible to live up to when your constantly in the public eye. There's no way that someone with influence and power can properly navigate those waters. That's why most celebrities are out of their minds and out of touch with reality, for example: Tar was ashamed of her blue collar upbringing so she decided to create this Eurocentric persona to make herself look cultured. She could've embraced her past but instead she let the power of her new found success get to her. Regardless of her egregious behaviours and biases, the art belongs to her.
You absolutely can, 9 times out of 10. The art will have a staying power and influence that the person would never be able to have. If cancel culture was a thing since ancient times, we’d be screwed. It only happened now because people are too eager to have ten seconds of fame by tearing down those who actually did something with their lives. I’ve never seen someone who’s actually accomplished anything seeking out to “cancel” people. It’s always some nobodies who don’t care whether that person did something or not. It’s all about how they can look better than someone who actually put themselves out there and achieved what they could only dream of.
She didn’t leave her past behind to look cultured, she did it because class matters if you want to break into those circles. Sucks, but why be held back if you can back it up?
Does anyone else get from the Staten Island scene that maybe her relationship with “Lenny” was not real but an invention derived from her VCR tape collection?
I knew you had been Jared, is there another moniker I should be youtubing?? Haha, but seriously, i really enjoy your content keep it up
This is a great assessment. One minor omission is the mention of Kavanaugh, presumably Brett, at the beginning of the interview, which kind of foreshadows the cancel culture theme.
CATE ES ESPECTACULAR Y ESTE TIPO DE PAPELES LE QUEDAN DE MARAVILLA FANTASTICA....👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I loved this movie and Blanchetts performance. This might be my best picture vote if I had one
I believe some of the inspiration for the film is based on the controversy involving the well known opera conductor, James Levine. Levine’s name was mentioned in TAR.
* TAR has some ambiguous issues about what actually happened between Lydia and Krista.
* But one thing is certain, Lydia took actions which would destroy Krista’s career.
Lydia’s former assistant, Francesca, had the email evidence for this and Francesca passed this along to Krista’s family and to students.
* Lydia’s defense for her actions against Krista were weak.
- To Francesca, Lydia said that Krista did not belong with them. Nothing was stated about Krista being dangerous.
In the later deposition hearing when Lydia claimed that Krista was dangerous in some way, Lydia admitted that she had not reported such dangerous behavior when it supposedly occurred.
- Francesca never indicated that Krista was dangerous. Instead Francesca passed along the email evidence not only to the family but to some musicians/students.
- There is nothing in the movie about anyone (besides Lydia) stating that Krista had been dangerous.
* What Lydia did to Krista could be considered blacklisting. Blacklisting is an illegal practice in most states in the US. But even when there are no criminal penalties, blacklisting can also lead to a civil legal action as we see in the film (the family’s lawsuit).
* Why was Lydia dismissed from the Berlin Philharmonic?
- Lydia’s email campaign against Krista leading to the suicide.
- Lydia suspicious grooming of the new cellist, Olga, by giving her the solo in the Elgar concerto while ignoring the standard procedure of letting the first cellist in the orchestra do the solo.
- The bad publicity from Lydia’s blacklisting of Krista and the family lawsuit based on that.
PS. Some more about the “ghosts” / symbolic figures in the movie and how that related to Lydia Tar and Francesca.
- In my conclusion, I’ll get to Francesca’s motivation for releasing the emails from Krista to her family.
* 56 minutes into the film, there is an image of someone standing in the background of Lydia’s apartment. The hair on this woman is a light color, similar to Cate’s but is more reddish blonde.
* Where do we also see a woman with a reddish hair color in the movie?
- At 7 minutes 42 seconds in the film, in the audience for Lydia’s interview, we see the back of the head of a woman who has reddish hair and the camera lingers on that person for about 20 seconds.
Then there is a cut to Francesca, Lydia’s assistant, who repeats the interview, knowing it word by word.
** Who is the woman with the reddish hair? We can guess that this is Krista.
After all, the movie at 1 hour, 35 minutes and 57 seconds shows the obituary for Krista and that includes her picture which clearly shows she has reddish hair.
- Whether Krista was alive in the audience or dead as a ghost or symbol that is her.
* This is important, because Krista is not only some kind of observer of Lydia but also of Francesca.
* At 36 minutes and 30 seconds, Francesca is running into the entrance of her hotel. And nearer to the camera we again see the back of the head of a woman with reddish hair.
* Krista also seems to have a strong connection to Francesca.
* This connection to Francesca is described in a later scene starting at 1 hour, 8 minutes and 39 seconds into the film when Francesca is crying;
- Lydia; *”She wasn’t one of us”*
- Francesca; *”I can’t stop thinking about our trip up the Ucayali”*
- Lydia; *”Hmm.”*
- Francesca; *”The three of us were so close.”*
- Lydia; *”Yes, but that was before she started making demands.”*
*”There was just something not quite right about her.“*
- Francesca; *”She had so much promise.”*
* What is the Ucayali? This is explained in the interview at the beginning of the film starting at 6 minutes and 10 seconds.
- Adam Gopnik (interviewer); *”She got her PhD in Musicology from the University of Vienna, specializing in the indigenous music of the Ucayali Valley in Eastern Peru, where she spent five years…”*
* Meaning, Lydia, Francesca and Krista spent years together in a remote area in Eastern Peru. Lydia, Francesca and Krista *”were so close.”*
* How close were Lydia, Francesca and Krista? In the dream/flashback image from 2 hours, 16 minutes and 25 seconds, the woman pulling back Cate’s head in a passionate embrace has reddish hair.
- That’s Krista.
* What was Francesca’s motivation at the end of the movie?
- Importantly, Francesca expresses no negative comments about Krista.
- The fundamental reasons for Francesca’s decisions were not based on her not getting the assistant conductor promotion.
- Francesca kept the emails from Krista on purpose. Francesca is not disorganized or someone who forgets about important things. She is an expert at getting things done.
- Why did Francesca keep the emails from Krista? Because on many levels Francesca loved Krista.
* If Lydia had not blacklisted Krista. If Krista had been allowed to get another orchestra position and as a result was still alive. If Francesca had been allowed to her keep in touch with Krista. If Francesca had been allowed to keep her friendship with Krista.
If all of those things had happened, then Francesca would not have turned against Lydia when the assistant conductor position went to someone else.
* Francesca had been under the power of Lydia. And that power from Lydia had become destructive against Krista who Francesca loved.
- Francesca broke away from that destructive power.
Amazing acting and a unique way of weaving this story. I didn't notice the ghosts!
Saw the 2nd one, but I thought it was Sharon sitting down. Didn't notice in the Wikipedia page she was looking right at Lydia.
The daughter's name is Petra as in another lesbo film, "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" (Fassbinder).
Nice, Good job whoever did this