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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Tár with Todd Field and Greta Gerwig (Ep. 380)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6806 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Director Todd Field discusses his new film, Tár, with fellow director Greta Gerwig in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, Fields speaks about choosing to move the camera less, dealing with "romance vs. finance" conflict during production, and working with Cate Blanchett to form the central character. Set in the international world of classical music, the film follows groundbreaking composter/ conductor Lydia Tear, as her life begins to unravel while preparing both a book launch and much-anticipated live performance of Mahler's Fifth symphony. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: Director Joseph Kosinski discusses his new film, Top Gun: Maverick, with fellow director Jason Reitman in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they speak about how Top Gun came into his life (the first and second time), convincing Tom Cruise to hop back into the cockpit, and the complex process of shooting the actors while flying inside the jets. The sequel film takes us back down the highway to the danger zone as pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, who has spent more than thirty years dodging a promotion that would ground him, is called up on to use his skills to train a detachment of graduates for a perilous special assignment. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/July2022/TopGunMaverick_QnA_0622.aspx

Transcript

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0:00.0

I worked with this filmmaker years ago, Stanley Kubrick,

0:03.3

and he said, when I'm writing the script, I finish the script,

0:06.0

and I always say, wow, what a great writer, yeah.

0:08.6

And then he goes, and I'm directing the script,

0:09.9

and I said, that writer was an idiot.

0:12.3

And then he said, then I get into the editing,

0:14.3

and I go, what was that fucking director thinking?

0:16.3

You know, and I think, you know, that's very much how all of us experienced that kind of process.

0:36.2

Hello and welcome back to the Directors Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

0:42.1

In this episode, a female conductor faces challenges as she takes on a major production in director Todd Field's psychological drama, TAR.

0:52.0

Set in the international world of classical music, the film follows groundbreaking

0:56.8

composer and conductor Lydia Tarr, as her life begins to unravel while preparing both a book

1:03.0

launch and a much-anticipated live performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony. In addition to TAR,

1:10.8

Fields' other directorial credits

1:12.4

include the feature films

1:13.8

Little Children and In the Bedroom,

1:16.4

and episodes of Carnival and Once and Again.

1:20.4

Following a screening of the film

1:22.0

at the DGA Theater in New York,

1:24.6

Field spoke with director Greta Gerwig

1:26.5

about filming TAR.

1:28.7

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

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