Marin Alsop, the renowned conductor referenced byCate BlanchettinTAR, has slammed the acclaimed drama as “anti-woman.”
One key difference between the two is that Tar, the character, has been accused of sexual misconduct.
“So many superficial aspects ofTARseemed to align with my own personal life.
Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’.Focus Features
It’s about women as leaders in our society.
People ask, ‘Can we trust them?
Can they function in that role?’
‘TÁR’.Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
She called the film anti-woman.
There were so many incredible women who came before us, women who did the real lifting.”
DirectorTodd Field previously spoke to EW about the decisionto examine the film’s themes from a female perspective.
“So I wasn’t really interested in doing that,” he continued.
[Lydia] believes in the power of being the exception.
And she wants the chance to fly.
And so there’s a willful destructiveness as much as there is a very strong creative urge in her.
For me, that’s where the film really lives."
