Watching Movies: Cate Blanchett And A Vintage Gold Rolex Conduct The Orchestra In ‘Tár’
Sitting in the theater for Cate Blanchett’s latest performance in Tár, I couldn’t help but realize just how much time was passing. The movie is long, sure, but that’s not what I mean. The film itself is something of a meditation on time in multiple forms. It’s about life and death, about music (to which time is essential), and about what we choose to do with the time we’re given. “Time is the thing,” conductor Lydia Tár (played by Blanchett) says at the outset. “Time is the essential piece of interpretation – you cannot start without me.”