Tár 4K 2022

The plot is based on the true story of Gustav Mahler, whose fifth symphony is performed by the prototype composer, the main character.

Director Todd Field mocks everything, - the Germans, with Hitler's pardoned, "favorite" composer, - von Karajan, the same-sex relationship, which, as many have suggested, is NOT the axis of the film, but only the background to play out the drama, the Russians, with a talented cellist who loves to eat and talk about Rostropovich, in parallel trying to get a place in the Berlin orchestra and working as a paparazzi, The American atmosphere of "The Metropolitan Opera" is presented in the film as an Asian club of furry fans, in general, everything is very close to the last years of Mahler's life, when he, "due to" intrigues and anti-Semitism, has to leave Austria for the USA, where he signs a contract with the "Metropolitan Opera" and entertains, along with Fyodor Chaliapin, "unenchanted American public" (c) during the last years of his life...

Yes, the film is overloaded with monologues, and it's best to listen to them in their original language. The movie is intellectual, monotonous, and most importantly the feeling after the movie itself!

If you don't like to read and think and listen to music, of course it's better to skip it.