This movie definitely is not and can not be everyone's cup of tea. People could find it boring, confusing and very possibly not interesting.
Sometimes it is, sometimes it is not. But that is what I like about this movie and about ,,In The Bedroom'' director. It seems that he tries to take one particular situation, or in this case, life and work of someone and show every aspect of it.
We see Lydia Tàr teaching students, giving interviews, conducting orchestra, handling legal matters in a formal/business part of her life. We see her interacting with family, future and past associates in restaurants and similar places in her private life plus we see her alone with all her traumas, inner battles and ambitions.
Something of it is interesting and relatable, something is not but that is a life and everytime real life gets its way into a movie it divides the audience.
No matter how much person is exciting or not on screen or stage, in real life there is no way everything is only exciting or boring about that person.
It is not easy to follow what's going on because many characters are introduced as we already know them. I'm ok with it but someone else might not be.
Movie is much more suitable for those people who have similar profession as Tàr.
Cate Blanchett didn't disappoint. She is magnificent and delivers great performance as Lydia Tàr here. Cinematography is beautiful and script is nice. So technically it is a very well made movie.
The only thing which is missing from this movie is some kind of fireworks to positively shock the viewer. In other words, everything has the same, calm rhythm from start to finish, feels more like some kind of analysis of or a tutorial for how to be a controversial artist with a warning what could happen if you seek perfection too much, than like a live action movie.
In a world of special effects and box office profit seekers it is not good time to be this movie. But if you are able to sit trough two and a half hours observing some controversial lesbian self confident artist's life battles, give this movie a chance, you will not be disappointed!
Sometimes it is, sometimes it is not. But that is what I like about this movie and about ,,In The Bedroom'' director. It seems that he tries to take one particular situation, or in this case, life and work of someone and show every aspect of it.
We see Lydia Tàr teaching students, giving interviews, conducting orchestra, handling legal matters in a formal/business part of her life. We see her interacting with family, future and past associates in restaurants and similar places in her private life plus we see her alone with all her traumas, inner battles and ambitions.
Something of it is interesting and relatable, something is not but that is a life and everytime real life gets its way into a movie it divides the audience.
No matter how much person is exciting or not on screen or stage, in real life there is no way everything is only exciting or boring about that person.
It is not easy to follow what's going on because many characters are introduced as we already know them. I'm ok with it but someone else might not be.
Movie is much more suitable for those people who have similar profession as Tàr.
Cate Blanchett didn't disappoint. She is magnificent and delivers great performance as Lydia Tàr here. Cinematography is beautiful and script is nice. So technically it is a very well made movie.
The only thing which is missing from this movie is some kind of fireworks to positively shock the viewer. In other words, everything has the same, calm rhythm from start to finish, feels more like some kind of analysis of or a tutorial for how to be a controversial artist with a warning what could happen if you seek perfection too much, than like a live action movie.
In a world of special effects and box office profit seekers it is not good time to be this movie. But if you are able to sit trough two and a half hours observing some controversial lesbian self confident artist's life battles, give this movie a chance, you will not be disappointed!