Tango De Carlos Saura DVD Import

Carlos Saura's "Tango" is a film about the making of a film. It is Saura's own personal view as a director and filmmaker. It is also a conversation piece about lighting. All of Vittorio Storaro's theories about light -as he has written in his 3 splendid and interesting books, Scrivere con la luce-, are put in practice here. Tango is metacinema. No wonder, the camera has such an important part in the beginning, middle and final scenes.The discourse about film is tied to the plot and perfectly woven as a tango dance. It shows us not only a love story, as in the tango lyrics, but also a story about Argentina, its history and cultural expressions through music. Although Saura has preferred instrumental music, the lyrics -for tango connaisseurs- are narratives about every aspect of human relations; also, against social injustice and love for the country. Tango is the music of the melting pot; a product of cultural hibridism or mestizaje. Knowing this, Saura establishes a parallelism between tango and film, as both are products of collective work and an art form.Tango by Carlos Saura is, indeed, one of the best films of the 90's and the music and choreography, are superb!!!

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.

I purchased this video so that I could use some clips from it for my 8th grade Spanish course. I couldn't show the film in it's entirety to my students because it is PG-13, but I would have been comfortable showing it to any teenager. The film includes a wide variety of Tango dances and music. My students were not as enamored with the film as I, but it is pretty darn good, if a bit artsy. This is to be expected however since the story is about a movie director making a film about Tango. The focus of this film is on the music and dance, but there are moments of real storytelling that address issues of wanting to forget the past, producers trying to control directors, and the power of artistic expression.

The film is amazing.... the photography, the setting, the people, the story.... after watching the film I invited friends over to watch the film with me.... they were as mesmerized as I had been... when the film was over and we began talking about the film everyone had said they had never seen a film that was subtitled where the subtitles did not intrude - in fact, they moved the story along in such away that one forgot that there were subtitles......beautiful people, beautiful dance, beautiful music - beautiful film... I will watch this film again and again and....

Best art film ever! Bought another copy for my sister.It is a movie within a movie. The backstage is the front stage.It drips with symbolism, beautiful dancing, and brilliant lighting and use of colorto affect the audiences' emotions. The music is intense and powerful.There is so many layers and dialectics in this film, it can be watched over and overand many nuances will reveal themselves with each viewing.

Do not under any circumstances buy this DVD. This could have been a very interesting and beautiful film. It's beautifully photographed. The choreography is beautiful and the dancing is excellent. It's visually delightful. BUT, like many other viewers I was perplexed and mightily annoyed by the persistence of the director's commentary running through the entire film. What's up with that? I noticed that in the option for the director's commentary audio track was set ON by default, so I turned the option off, but then when I started the movie up the director's commentary track came on anyway! There is no way to turn it off. I think this is pretty clearly a technical screwup on the part of whoever did the DVD programming. They mistakenly made the director's-commentary-track option always on instead of making it a settable/resettable option which is normal for DVDs. And apparently they never tested the DVD before it was mass-produced, so this unfortunate error ended up being duplicated on zillions of copies of this film. It's a real shame because this mistake has totally ruined what would otherwise have been an extremely interesting movie.

Horrible letdown. Just voiceovers, and very dull ones at that, of a 'guide' and a dancer. The beautiful shots of Buenos Aires can't save this dismal attempt at presenting the mighty tango. Can't hold a candle to Saura's CARMEN.

This film was good, not great. Also, the all-encompassing title "Tango" suggests a historical account, which the film mostly is. However, it neglected to credit the Afro Argentinian and Afro Cuban contribution to this Art form, apart from a fleeting suggestion that greatness in dance, music, and tango dancing might necessarily be the result of African genes.Film makers who claim to document events or art history have a moral obligation to give a truthful and accurate account. Thus, to leave out the contributions of Africans, African dance and music, especially because Africans were brutally treated and continue to be severely oppressed, is unforgivable.