And a handful prove to us that cinema lives.
Todd Field’s Tár is one of the special ones.
The tale of a woman, brilliant and flawed, played to an extraordinary level by Cate Blanchett. You’ll read nothing about the story here. Best to get a copy and find out for yourselves.
The special thing, is that a truly wonderful film has been released via an absolutely perfect 4k disc mit Dolby Atmos and HDR10.
Photographed with an Alexa 65, and finished in 4k, it reminds me of some ways of Midsummar, which was shot with the newest Panavision camera in 8k.
In projection, one can walk up to the screen and take in tiny details – faces in VLS for example – that are crystal clear and highly detailed.
The fact that the cinematography by Florian Hoffmeister is also gorgeous doesn’t hurt.
And there’s something else. The track is beautifully recorded and edited with great silences as well as volume and clarity that will clean the lint from your speakers.
This actually reminded me of something that I was told, but have never actually seen. Apparently during the optical sound track era, when both variable density as well as variable area co-existed, if a sound editor needed to create a huge jump in volume, they might cut together both formats in the same conformed track negative, going from density to area, and having the track increase in density exponentially.
That’s something akin to what I’m hearing with Tár.
A great film, with superb performances and an absolutely reference quality disc.
Image – 5 (Dolby Vision)
Audio – 5 (Dolby Atmos)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Plays nicely with projectors – Yes
Makes use of and works well in 4k – 5
Very Highly Recommended
RAH
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