Todd Field’s Path to Tár

[carolinalily]

The film “Tár” has inspired vigorous discussion among its viewers. “The idea that there’s a fairly robust conversation about this is incredible,” the “Tár” director Todd Fields recently told @MJSchulman. https://t.co/Qd4jzhHbDH
- The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 14, 2023

This is a very long article (worth a full read) so here are a few

Comments

[sadmagikarp]

he's a great filmmaker. little children fucked me all the way back in the day. was wondering why he disappeared after that movie - spending ten plus years on a project that never comes to fruition is horrifying

[squirrels_oh_no]

There was an NYT interview where he says that he for a while purposefully proposed projects that he knew would never get greenlit so he could spend more time with his family, but I can imagine it stung because he kept working on projects even if they weren't going anywhere.

[kjendis5]

I loved Tar!

[ahkna]

How did I never realize that Todd Fields, director, was one of the tornado geeks from Twister????

[squirrels_oh_no]

He was the singing/Star Wars-referencing one LOL.

[ahkna]

I recognized him immediately when I saw his picture up there, but I guess I just never paid attention to what he looked like, re: previous movies.

[carminaburana]

Also Matthew Modine’s depressed roommate in Gray’s Anatomy (the movie 🤣)

[squirrels_oh_no]

Yes, the Big League Chew thing was immortalized on the History Channel, minus all mention of him, but his mom and and childhood house are there.

(But the Battered Bastards of Baseball documentary on Netflix is good if you're interested in how infamous that baseball team was back in the day.)

[dull_and_wicked]

He’s bewildered people think the last act is in Lydia’s imagination ❓❓❓

there's a running theory/interpretation of the movie that [Spoiler (click to open)]lydia actually died/never woke up when she fell on those stairs and jacked her face up, and that everything else that happened in the movie was just her internal musings. that's what he's talking about

[aristobrit]

If that was her [Spoiler (click to open)]internal musings, she was a very pessimistic person. Seems more like a nightmare she would have.

I finally saw this yesterday, and I wasn't paying attention, I thought it was Todd Haynes, not Todd Fields. I got all the way to the credits before the light dawned.