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Last Saturday I watched Tar (Cate Blanchette as a classical music conductor). I hated it, especially the first half hour. As a musician I thought it was pretentious and contrived. There was a key scene early on where she taught a conducting class at Juilliard. The student hated Bach and thought he was misogynist because his wife gave birth to so many children. He jiggled his leg incessantly, and Tar put her hand on his leg to stop it. So much to cringe about both of these characters. I did get caught up once the plot got going later on, but it was not worth my time. It was long (2 hrs. 39 min., I think). I was glad it didn't win any Oscars, but why was it nominated.
Wednesday I watched Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) on Amazon Prime. Earlier this week I watched Love Sarah, (2020) also on Prime, about 3 women in Notting Hill starting a bakery. Both of these movies were light and a relief from three Oscar-nominated movies I'd seen this month. (All Quiet . . ., Elvis and Tar.)
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