[Tango-L] short film of tango

[Joanne]

A porteno once told me that to know the tango, you have to know the Argentine people, because to them, tango is not just a dance but it is a way of life. Their everyday conversations are sprinkled with metaphors of tango, even those who do not dance use this terminology. I would venture to say that this movie tells a different story to a porteno than it does to a foreigner. I think that is cool!

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Christian Lüthen <christian.luethen at gmx.net> wrote:

>It's also my interpretation: either he looks back to his own wife, or to a long time ago (young) love which ended in stupid 'fight' like the one he observes with the younger couple.
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>Also note who tenderly the man observes the other elderly (grown old together?) couple (those with the white hair) dancing together. 
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>Usually I do not like videos/films like this but I think this one perfectly hit the nail. It's a very tender plot ...
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>Christian
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>> That was my interpretation, as well.  Especially nowadays, the likelihood
>> of growing old together is not good.  Here's a married couple that is
>> fighting.  The older man thinks about his late wife and purposefully keeps
>> another man from distracting the wife.  The couple dance and reconnect
>> through the dance. Perhaps realize they still love each other.  Perhaps she
>> realizes after dancing with another man that what she and her husband have is
>> special, and she'll give him another chance.  Maybe they'll grow old
>> together like the older couple dancing on the floor.  I thought using tango was
>> a wonderful way to express this.  All without dialogue.  Well-done.
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>> Trini de Pittsburgh
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>> --- On Mon, 2/20/12, Steve Littler <sl at stevelittler.com> wrote:
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>> From: Steve Littler <sl at stevelittler.com>
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>> Another possible interpretation is that the young woman reminds the 
>> older man of his wife who may have died. (Since she looks a lot like the 
>> woman in his pocket watch.)
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>> ~ Steve
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