Aussie gold! Cate Blanchett wins the Best Actress Golden Globe for her captivating performance of a disgraced composer in TÁR – but misses the awards ceremony due to filming commitments
Cate Blanchett took home the Golden Globe for her portrayal of disgraced composer Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s TÁR.
Blanchett beat out Olivia Colemam, Viola Davis, Ana de Armas and Michelle Williams in the Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama category.
The Australian star, 53, was not present at the awards show to accept the trophy as she is currently filming a new movie in the UK.
Cate Blanchett took home the Golden Globe for her portrayal of disgraced composer Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s TÁR
British actor Henry Golding accepted the award on her behalf after presenting the category.
In the film, Cate plays troubled high-profile composter Lydia Tár, who is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career.
After one of her former students commits suicide, Lydia is accused of having inappropriate relationships with her female protegees and her world begins to unravel.
TÁR was written and directed by Todd Field, 58, and 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 on the filmmaker writing 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 top institutional power, and the way that being in that position gets in the way of their sense of self and ability to relate to people,’ she said.
‘In a creative job, you have to be quite brutal with yourself and disciplined,’ Cate continued.
‘And when, like a conductor, your instrument is a human instrument, how do you maintain that sense of rigor and brutality?
‘It’s a complicated thing, balancing being a musician, an artist, and also being a human. I’m trying to learn how to be a human.’
Despite the critical acclaim that TÁR is receiving, a real-life award-winning female conductor has called it an ‘offensive’ portrayal of a life similar to her own.
Marin Alsop, 66, has slammed Tár, directed by Todd Field, which portrays the life of narcissistic conductor and composer Lydia Tár. Blanchett plays the titular character who is fictional, however after reading about the film Marin claims there are ‘superficial aspects’ about the protagonist which she recognised from her own life.
Claiming the film’s play on ‘pseudo-reality’ was ‘slightly dangerous’ she added viewers might not be able to distinguish the difference between true portrayals and fictional aspects.
In the film, Cate plays troubled high-profile composter Lydia Tár (pictured), who is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career
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