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Summary: Spellbinding
Review: One of the best movies I've seen. Virtuoso cinematography will make you want to view this film more than once. Visually spellbinding, compositionally complex and emotionally moving, this movie completely involved and transported me. I also learned a lot about what tango really is, and some unexpected things about archetypal relationships between the sexes.
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Summary: A major snooze
Review: Pretentious fare perfect for the artsy-fartsy crowd this film has no plot to speak of and is memorable only for one of two modestly intereting dance sequences. Problem is there are far too many of them. A tango instruction video would be better.
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Summary: Excellent cinematography, a motion picture art piece
Review: Tango is an amazing movie in its exceptional combination of dance, music, camera technique, color, mirrors, and lighting.At several points in this movie I thought to myself: "Wow, this lighting/camera perspective is perfect, why don't we see more of this in movies?" After watching the movie once, I found myself immediately going back to re-watch some specific scenes just like one may be drawn back to an especially interesting piece of art. The plot of this movie *is not* what makes this a great picture, although it does effectively tie together the various scenes and the overall context of the film. What makes this a great film are the actors/actresses, dance numbers, music, and cinematography. The english subtitles were clear and easy to read at all times. Overall a very different and entertaining movie... Recommended.
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Summary: Excellent cinematography, a motion picture art piece
Review: Tango is an amazing movie in its exceptional combination of dance, music, camera technique, color, mirrors, and lighting. At several points in this movie I thought to myself: "Wow, this lighting/camera perspective is perfect, why don't we see more of this in movies?" After watching the movie once, I found myself immediately going back to re-watch some specific scenes just like one may be drawn back to an especially interesting piece of art. The plot of this movie *is not* what makes this a great picture, although it does effectively tie together the various scenes and the overall context of the film. What makes this a great film are the actors/actresses, dance numbers, music, and cinematography. The english subtitles were clear and easy to read at all times. Overall a very different and entertaining movie... Recommended.
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Summary: a great postmodern film about filming, dance, and politics
Review: Tango won a deserved Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for its successful and exquisitely artistic integration of various elements: the metanarrative of filming a film, the sensuous music and dance sequences, the experimentation with artistic forms of representing national and personal politics. Saura has evolved further here, after his Carmen, Blood Wedding, & Flamenco.
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Summary: Not really a movie
Review: The dancing can be quite captivating at times, but this movie really needs some major work in the script department. By and large this is a series of dance sequences loosely (very loosely) tied together with pointless and dull dialogue spoken by uninteresting characters. Plot? People dance in Argentina. That's about it.
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Summary: An introspective movie, a bit tangled.
Review: The movie begins and follows the life of a renown director of a play. He is reading from a script that describes what you are seeing as the first 5-10 minutes of this movie play. As the movie continues, you are seeing part of his life and his lost love that is alluded to in the first minutes. You see the progress of the play he is doing and its various stages and acting. You also see some marvelous dancing and hear some great music, all to be part of this play. I was amazed at the precision foot work of the tango. Wow. What also struck me and frequently strikes me in non-American made movies is the plain-ness of the non-leading actors and actresses. These are ordinary looking old and young people, more so than you see in American movies.
Ironically though the male leads are so-so and the female leads are drop-dead gorgeous. That's even worse than the Hollywood formula. When the woman and men are equal in looks I'll be impressed. Enough of that soapbox.
However on age, the best dancers were the oldest and the middle aged ones in the movie. This was marvelous to see. So often you equate great dancing with youth, however, here it is not so. As the story goes on you follow the foibles of the director's love life. It is a mess and he complicates it further. The play is a marvelous backdrop for his moods. As the movie goes on, you begin to wonder as you do with the opening scene how much is the play and how much is the movie. This wonderful transposition continues to the very end. However, at times you are quite confused. In some cases the movie was a was a bit slow, overemphasizing a point. You don't really see why the director and his first girfriend break up and you don't really see what prompts his new relationship. Also, I would have liked even more dancing given the name of the movie. It is a bit confusing, but the sound, the dancing and the feel are all well done.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: The story develops through beautiful tango dance and music. It is about a love affair between a director and a tango dancer. A director assigns a young tango dancer a role of his work. Through tango, they gradually be in love. The development of the story does not depend on a lot of conversation. Rather, the story develops with tango. Such expression style is unique, interesting, and attractive. The movie include a lot of dance scenes and beautiful tango music. You must see it. It is fantastic.
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Summary: Great DVD with One Exception
Review: This DVD could have been as good as they come: an intriguing film, mesmerizing dance sequences, great cinematography, and a soundtrack that makes the tango sound better than anything attempted before, if it weren't for one thing: the film is letterboxed at the wrong aspect ratio! So, fans, beware. This elaborate co-production utilizes some of the greatest talent from Argentina, Spain, Italy and the United States. Shot by Vittorio Storaro in Univision using Technovision cameras and lenses, "Tango" is supposed to be framed at 2:1, an aspect ratio that lies somewhere between the Academy Standard (1.85:1) and CinemaScope (2.35:1). But for the DVD someone approved a 1.75 transfer that hurts some of the exquisite compositions and the larger-than-life feeling the movie had in theaters. To confuse matters farther, the DVD jacket indicates the film is presented in the scope aspect ratio. Not!!! Aw, well, it's a very good movie nontheless.
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Summary: Now I'm Taking Tango Lessons.
Review: This DVD is oustanding for any lover of dance and the thrilling Argentinian Tango in particular. A wonder from start to finish. I'm sure that Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly would also be in awe when they watch it in Heaven.
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