The whole thing started with Robert Bresson and L'Argent. That was the point of departure. That film ends with the man killing himself after the bank robbery. I wanted to show that the source of violence is in something else, not in this one thing.
Robert Bresson's 'L'Argent' demonstrates that kind of 'rigorous economy' and 'unflinching gaze' into the human condition—that objectivity and compass that is true north. That was something I really aimed for in Tár.
— Todd Field · WTF with Marc Maron (Podcast, Episode 1381)