"Tar" is one of the most interesting films I have seen and is one I will be thinking about for a long time. The first thing I find interesting is the world of European composers. At the beginning of this film Tar is in a n interview and she is talking with the interviewer about various historical composters I have never heard of and references to things I know nothing about and that just continues throughout the film. But rather than disconnecting me from the film it makes me enjoy it more and throughout the first half of the film we learn so much about the world Tar resides in, and it is truly fascinating how much these people care about music conduction, and it really teaches the audience how important the composer is to a piece and how much power they have. Another that built up at the beginning is that Tar's gender isn't important to who she is and i think that that idea may be the most important part of this film because Tar can truly be anyone, swap Tar's gender and the character stays pretty much the same. Which is important to making the idea of cancel culture and abuse of power more universal and that anyone can be a perpetrator of it. Tar is also having some very interesting ideas about separating the art from the artist. This idea is explored most at the beginning when Tar is teaching a class and one of the students says that he doesn't like Bach because he is a misogynist, and the student says he can't support someone who does that. Tar immediately shuts him down and argues that we should not judge these great artists work for who they are as a person. But later in the film when the accusations about Tar come out, she isn't allowed to preform anymore, and she loses all respect she had as a composter. this is an interesting issue and one that has many real-life comparisons, for example J.K. Rowling is transphobic and because of that people argue that you should not read her books or buy anything Harry Potter related or people not going to see The Flash after the film's star Ezra Miller kidnapped a teenage girl. People always talk about separating the art from the artist, but this film argues that in the world we live in today it is impossible to do so. Another idea this film deals with is the misuse of power. Tar gives a new girl who joined the orchestra a solo simply because she likes her, and the rest of the orchestra can't do anything because if they do, she will fire her from the orchestra and as we see in the past Tar destroyed the career of a young woman because she tried to report Tar's indecent behavior towards her. Easily the best part of this film has to be Cate Blanchett's performance, her ability to convey so much so subtly is quite impressive and she is just such a powerhouse of an actor that she is able to take control and become the focus of every scene without even saying anything. This is especially important because this film would not have worked if Cate Blanchett had merely given a good performance, this entire film is built on Cate Blanchett and every other area of filmmaking is working to elevate her even more. All this results in not just the best acting performance of the 2020's so far but maybe one of the best ever.