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Fantastic movie. Here's a review that has changed how I think of the film and which will require me to rewatch the film: Tár Is the Most-Talked-About Movie of the Year. So Why Is Everyone Talking About It All Wrong? (https://slate.com/culture/2022/12/tar-cate-blanchett-movie-ending-explained-analyzed.html).

As a musician, I'll add that Blanchett pulls off a rare move for an actor: she actually appears to be performing the music--an achievement I also recently saw in the 2014 (and also fantastic) film "Whiplash," where the actor actually did the drumming and the rest of the musicians were actually musicians, not actors. (J K Simmons did a perfectly respectable job as conductor, too.) "Green Book" did and amazing job (particularly on "Blue Skies"), but they did so by digitally swapping Mahershala Ali's head onto Kris Bowers's body and hands.

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