Tango with Miguel Ángel Solá: DVD Cover
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Tango Director: Carlos Saura Cast: Miguel Ángel Solá, Cecilia Narova, Mía Maestro, Juan Carlos Copes

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/03/1999
  • Original Release: 1998
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 14,661

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Digitally remastered audio and anamorphic video; Production notes; Original language: Spanish [two-channel Surround and 5.1 Dolby Digital]; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; Producer and lead actress commentary; Theatrical trailers; Talent and filmographies; Making-of featurette; Scene selections

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [2:46]
2. Script Review [4:00]
3. Dance of the Cuckold [2:41]
4. Laura Returns [4:31]
5. "The Creole Waltz" [2:55]
6. Simplify [2:09]
7. A Special Night [4:07]
8. Angelo Larroca [2:52]
9. Same as Yesterday [4:17]
10. Clip Review [1:13]
11. Laura Rehearses [3:11]
12. Elena & the Maestro [3:02]
13. Pre-Production [1:53]
14. Virtuosos [4:43]
15. Dance School [2:36]
16. Rehearsals [4:51]
17. Knife Instruction [4:14]
18. The Trio [4:52]
19. Dinner With Elena [8:33]
20. Inspiration [2:41]
21. Fan-tasy Tango [3:26]
22. Elena's Idea [2:35]
23. Black & White Tango [5:20]
24. "Live With Me." [3:28]
25. Repression Tango [6:05]
26. Criticism [1:57]
27. "I Don't Love You." [2:26]
28. Immigrant Tango [17:37]

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Editorial Reviews

Combining fiction and documentary, 66-year-old Carlos Saura directed this Spanish-Argentine dance drama with masterful camerawork by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. After his wife (Cecilia Narova) leaves him, Argentine film director Mario Suarez (Miguel Angel Sola), moves to a Buenos Aires suburb, and begins work on a film about the tango with meticulous care. At a cabaret, he encounters gangster Angelo Larroca (Juan Luis Galiardo), lover of aspiring dancer Elena Flores (Mia Maestro). Larroca asks Mario to audition Elena, but problems arise when Mario takes a romantic interest in her. Promoted as the most expensive Argentine film ever made, this production employed theatrical lighting and several cameras shooting simultaneously on a specially constructed set in Buenos Aires. Tango classics alternate with Lalo Schifrin's score. Famed tango dancers appear onscreen in dark dances depicting passions, sorrows, and the past history of Argentina, including a war ballet, as Saura noted, "We needed a scene that would be brutal, and a ballet that would be violent and aggressive, which we don't often see in musicals. It frightened me. There was a great deal of tension on the set because some of the dancers had loved ones who had suffered during those years, and the ballet re-creates the terrible feeling of the period." Shown out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Marvelous dance scenesby dramafan

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May 02, 2009: Rather mundane romantic triangle plot that is mirrored, dramatically, in the exciting dance sequences. The music and dancing are marvelous. (Somehow, the plot is rendered dramatic in the emotionalism of the dance and music.) And it is always great to have a chance to watch Julio Bocca now that he has retired.

Be Carefulby Anonymous

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February 03, 2006: There seems to be confusion about the soundtrack of this DVD. The English (and therefore sometimes default) soundtrack is a commentary. Choose Spanish to get the real soundtrack, and subtitles if you need them.


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