MONDELLO: She's on and charming, chatting about music and conducting and how what she does in setting the pace - the time for an orchestra - is central to its interpretation.īLANCHETT: (As Lydia Tar) You cannot start without me. GOPNIK: (As self) Thank you for joining us, maestro.ĬATE BLANCHETT: (As Lydia Tar) Thank you. And though you'd think this would all be second nature, she looks as if she'd flee if she could. The camera is on Lydia, standing backstage as she has a thousand times in concert halls and many times in lecture halls. From Adam Gopnik, the real-life writer for The New Yorker, playing himself, who's about to interview her for an audience that's as eager to see her as she is eager to be seen. GOPNIK: (As self) Lydia Tar is many things. MONDELLO: So of course she's getting one. Critic Bob Mondello says the filmmaker's faith in his star is well placed.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Conductor Lydia Tar is the kind of famous person who needs no introduction.ĪDAM GOPNIK: (As self) If you're here, then you already know who she is. In fact, Field says, if she hadn't agreed to play the part, he would not have made the movie. Writer-director Todd Field conceived his new movie, "Tar," about a symphony conductor, with Cate Blanchett in mind.
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