Golden Globes 2023: Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress for her role in Tár

Cate Blanchett won the Golden Globe for her portrayal of the disgraced composer Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s TÁR.

Blanchett beat out Olivia Colemam, Viola Davis, Ana de Armas and Michelle Williams for Best Actress – Motion Picture.

The Australian star, 53, was not present at the awards ceremony to collect the trophy as she is currently filming a new film in the UK.

Cate Blanchett won the Golden Globe for her portrayal of the disgraced composer Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s TÁR

British actor Henry Golding accepted the award for her after introducing the category.

In the film, Cate plays the troubled high-profile composter Lydia Tár, who is just days away from recording the symphony that will propel her career.

After one of her former students commits suicide, Lydia is accused of inappropriate relationships with her female charges and her world begins to fall apart.

Written and directed by Todd Field, 58, TAR was his first film in 16 years.

British actor Henry Golding (pictured) accepted the award on her behalf after presenting the category

She told W magazine about the filmmaker who wrote the script just for her: “Todd sent me this script and I inhaled it.”

“He wrote it at the beginning of the pandemic,” she said. “Todd was a musician first, so there was a musical quality to the script, and not just because it’s set in the classical music world.”

Then the star, who won the coveted Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in the film, touches on the moral of the story.

“It could just as easily have been about an architect, or a painter, or a writer – anyone in a position of supreme institutional power, and the way that position affects their sense of self and their ability to relate to people,’ She said.

“In a creative job, you have to be pretty brutal on yourself and disciplined,” Cate continued.

“And if your instrument is a human instrument, like a conductor, how do you maintain that sense of rigor and brutality?

“It’s a complicated thing to be a musician, an artist and a person. I’m trying to learn how to be human.’

In the film, Cate plays the troubled high-profile composer Lydia Tár (pictured), who is just days away from recording the symphony that will propel her career

Despite the critical acclaim TÁR receives, one real award-winning conductor has called it an “obnoxious” portrayal of a life similar to her own.

Marin Alsop, 66, has slammed Tár directing Todd Field, which portrays the life of narcissistic conductor and composer Lydia Tár. Blanchett plays the title character, which is fictional, but after reading about the film, Marin claims there are “superficial aspects” about the protagonist that she recognized from her own life.

She claimed the film’s play on “pseudo-reality” was “a bit dangerous,” adding that viewers may not be able to tell the difference between true portrayals and fictional aspects.

Her criticism follows confusion over the film’s true basis after the production company clarified that its protagonist, Lydia Tár, was a fictional character (although she briefly had her own Wikipedia page).

After one of her former students commits suicide, Lydia is accused of inappropriate relationships with her female charges and her world begins to fall apart

Speaking to the Sunday Times, Alsop criticized the portrayal of Tár as an “untouchable genius” and a narcissist who berates and humiliates those around her.

In one scene, Blanchett’s character Lydia Tár mocks a young male student with whom she disagrees, and throughout the film uses her sexuality to manipulate and control her assistant.

Lydia also rejects the idea of ​​all-female scholarships, arguing that they are not needed in the age of gender equality.

Alsop said the filmmakers were given the opportunity to portray a woman in a role they rarely take on in real life and instead of making her inspirational, she accused them of making her a “miscreant”.

The addition of the character of Lydia Tár was “heartbreaking”, she argued it could lead people to question women’s suitability for leadership positions in society.

Award-winning conductor Marin Alsop (pictured) has criticized the film for its negative portrayal of the title character, fearing it could impact women in leadership positions in the real world