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Tango Musing
Carlos Gardel
Posted: 13:35, Friday 13 April 2007 by Ben Thoman
There’s a movie on the way about the life of the famous Tango singer Carlos Gardel:
Will it be any good, or just another dodgy tango movie?
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Community discussion on this article
At 11:41 on Thursday, 19 April 2007 Mike L said:
Well, with cinemtography by Vitorrio Storaro, who shot ‘Sheltering Sky’ and ‘Last Emperor’, it should look lush anyway.
Incidentally, Storaro also shot Carlos Saura’s ‘Tango’, which I missed on SBS a few months ago, grrr…
Has anyone got nominations for their favourite tango movie?
At 13:25 on Thursday, 19 April 2007 Ben said:
There are no good tango movies :)
Anyone who manages to stitch more than one tango into an interesting plot to create a movie will become a legend. Until then don’t waste time watching tango movies, do it instead.
At 09:43 on Sunday, 22 April 2007 Mike L said:
I partly agree with you. I haven’t seen a movie yet that’s satisfying both for tango and as a movie. But there are some great sequences: in ‘Assasination Tango’, the too-brief montage of performances in the hall with the chequered floor and the credits sequence with Pablo Veron and Geraldine Rojas (i think); in ‘The Tango Lesson’ there’s a fantastic dance in a mirrored hall. And ‘Tango Lesson’ was where I first heard and loved Hugo Diaz’s ‘Milonga Triste’ (an experience almost undone by then hearing Sally Potter’s version of it).
And because I love movies (sometimes even bad ones!) I can’t totally agree with your last comment. (But you prolly know that already!) :) I started tango partly because of ‘Tango Lesson’, and seeing great dancing (even in a mediocre movie) makes me want to do more dancing. But, like you, I wait for that movie that’s great for both its movie-ness and its tango…
At 12:58 on Sunday, 22 April 2007 Ben said:
Yes, I can appreciate that across the world a great number of people were drawn to tango through Sally Potter’s The Tango Lesson. So I must confess there is some quality to it, just not one I like :)
And I agree the finish to the movie with her singing is cringe worthy. But otherwise Milonga Triste is a beautiful piece of music. In fact the soundtrack to that movie is pretty bloody good.
At 11:29 on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 Megan said:
Sounds like there’s a challenge there Mike to produce a good tango movie!
At 12:36 on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 Ana said:
Oh come on everyone, get over it :). Many movies have a weak story line including the tango related ones. Maybe real tango cannot be captured on film. Anyway, this looks promising so I am looking forward to its release, hopefully it will be educational. Any extras – a bonus.