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VHS : Tango LessonIn association with Amazon.com Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780767800952 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0767800958 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: March 16, 1999 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1997 Sales Rank: 7921 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Sally Potter's self-reflective film stars Potter (an actress and the director of Orlando), more or less as herself, learning to tango from master dancer Pablo Veron and considering making a film called The Tango Lesson. The film that we happen to be watching, however, is concerned largely with the delicious conflict between the politics of tango--the need for one partner, typically the woman, to yield to the other--and the expectations of the filmmaker to do things on her own terms. Can Potter simultaneously surrender and control for the duration of this circular project? The question is made more complicated by Veron's desire to be in one of Potter's films--in other words, to follow her lead. Potter may not be Veron's equal on the dance floor, but that isn't the point of this interesting movie and its provocative, internal debate. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - For TanguerosTango Lesson Is only for tangueros - it illustrates a one woman obsession with the dance. Hence it's quite limited and you must be very interested in Tango/Milonga to get anything from it. Rating:  - The Tango Lesson: She's Dancing With HerselfSally Potter snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in "The Tango Lesson". I had high hopes thanks to "Orlando". The film began well and sank under its own weight very quickly, that not even the genius of Pablo Veron could rescue. Dance movies are not for those looking for a strong plot. Nor are musicals. More joy would have gone a long way here. Instead there is a nagging low-grade fever of sourness. There are bald references to the Nicholas Brothers, and Fred and Ginger, ... Read More Rating:  - "How did you choose the tango? I didn't. The tango chose me.""The Tango Lesson" is a unique and beautiful movie made by the director/ writer Sally Potter about a director/writer named Sally Potter who is fascinated by the art of Tango, meets a young dancer Pablo Verón (played by a dancer named Pablo Verón), and dances with him - and as everything Sally (well both of them) does, her dancing is graceful, elegant, delicate yet masterful, subtle, and passionate - just as the movie itself is. I don't care if it is the "Blatant narcissism", "Self-Indulgence or "Self ... Read More Rating: - REAL FILM MAKINGThis is not a movie. You don't watch x amounts of minutes and get up and go home (or leave the room). This is a film. This will leave the the room with you. This will stay with you and haunt you. It will get under your skin and it will become a part of you. This is what makes a film as opposed to dribble entertainment. Brilliance needs not a large budget. Perhaps lesser films need lots of it to fill the nonsense. Sally Potter's writing and directing is brilliant. Pable Veron is superb. All of the actors ... Read More Rating:  - Save your Money!!!If you're one of those who likes to see 'artsy' films for the sake of conversation, by all means check this oddball out. If, however, you want to watch a movie to be entertained or to appreciate Tango, be advised: This movie absolutely sucked. Potter was uninspiring and passionless, her love interest was self-centered and whiny, and what was up with the legless midget shooting horrific looking models in the color shots??? In a word, the whole thing was terrible. Even the Tango wasn't very good in this one ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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