It wouldn’t be the first time he’s saved director Todd Field, we learned this week, and the Top Gun star knows a thing or two about shifting tickets
Obviously we all know that something is badly wrong in the world of theatrically exhibited cinema. But no film has illuminated this issue quite like Tár, a film with such seemingly unstoppable critical buzz that Oscar glory seems all but certain, but has barely been watched by anyone at all. So far, around the entire world, fewer people have seen Tár than saw Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile in its first two days of release. And Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile wasn’t exactly a heaving success, either.
However, all that might be about to change, because Tár’s director Todd Field has just struck upon a failsafe publicity strategy. That’s right, he’s crediting Tom Cruise with an awful lot of his success.
