Q&A: Todd Field and Cate Blanchett go deeper into `Tár´

When Cate Blanchett stepped out of her first screening for " Tár," she wanted to immediately go back and watch it again. Field and Blanchett spoke to The Associated Press about the inscrutable Lydia Tár, their inspirations and NOT showing her hands playing the piano. Todd Field, left, and Cate Blanchett pose for a portrait on Oct. 2, 2022, in New York to promote the film Tár," in which Blanchett plays a trailblazing conductor whose status is threatened amid a misconduct scandal of her own making. Cate Blanchett attends the premiere of "Tár" at Alice Tully Hall during the 60th New York Film Festival on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in New York.