Tár

Keeping it rolling with a single Oscar nominated film. This week is Tár, a film about an orchestra conductor that changes jobs. It's worth seeing, though it's definitely a movie for people who really get into movies. Next episode The Whale!

We're sorry we missed an episode, but this is how it goes at this price point.

00:10 Intro and idle chatter
02:34 Chinese food in Vancouver
03:37 No one sees the teapot
04:23 Tár plot summary and what is the movie about?
11:01 SPOILERS BEGIN!
12:35 Is the movie arguing against "cancel culture"?
17:45 At what point do we begin to witness Tár's downfall?
22:10 How long has Tár acted in this way before it falls apart?
25:01 Has Tár lost interest in the music for the music's sake?
28:20 Tár's relationships
30:51 Bob theorizes about symbolic meaning off the cuff (and is less pleased with the idea listening to it while editing)
32:58 The importance of time; manifestations of madness
37:37 Exile
39:50 Bob meant to say "South Africa" when talking about Justine Sacco
42:49 Apocalypse Now reference and consequences
43:55 Profumo Affair
45:13 Mark thinks the child is... weird? And could the downfall have been avoided?
46:29 Ranking/evaluating the movie

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Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode