January 17 movie: The Tango Lesson. I'd already seen this movie, and had read some reviews back then. The reviews seem to fall into two categories: people who hated the movie and called it self-indulgent, and people who accuse the people who hated it of being sexist. Since the movie is about a relationship between an older woman and a younger, handsomer man, anyone who dislikes it must have a problem with powerful women.
I don't think I'm sexist, but I didn't much care for the movie. It's about a film director named Sally, played by director Sally Potter, who learns the tango from Argentinian dancing star Pablo Veron, played by Argentinian dancing star Pablo Veron. Meanwhile she's trying to make a movie (which seems completely wretched from the few clips they show) but is stymied at every turn by pencil-pushing studio executives who just don't understand her vision. Sound self-indulgent yet?
The good thing about the movie is the dancing. Lots of beautiful tangos and beautiful tango music. There's a particularly nice dance scene among four people at the end.
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i remember reading about this existence of this movie but never saw it. i'm fond of another sally potter film, 'orlando', which star tilda swinton and is an adaptation of a virginia woolf novel.
i think it's probably a lot better than 'tango'.