2765  Intimate Strangers

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:36:06 +0000
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Intimate Strangers

Intimate Strangers - what a perfect title for tango experience. A while ago
there was a thread on Tango-L about movies, which have tango in spirit.
"Lost in Translation" was one of them. "Intimate Strangers" (
https://imdb.com/title/tt0363532/ ) by Patrice Leconte is another one, maybe
even more so - more precarious and emotionally tense movie experience.
Emotional development from clinical despair to shared healing with some
delicious ganchos sprinkled along the way. Recommended.

I have checked Leconte's filmography at IMDB and one of his movies from
1993 is titled simply "Tango" ( https://imdb.com/title/tt0108290/ ). Judging
from the plot synopsis it has nothing to do with dancing. That in
combination with the "Intimate Strangers" experience tells me that Patrice
might be tango admirer - he understands the spirit well and likes to film
it. I would like to even speculate that he could be a dancer - in the
closing shot of "Intimate Strangers" woman is doing typical cross.

The movie is currently shown in the usual non-Hollywood theatres in the US.

Enjoy, Oleh K.

Colorado Springs
https://TangoSpring.com

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:14:33 +0900
From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: Intimate Strangers

A while ago

> there was a thread on Tango-L about movies, which have tango in spirit.
> "Lost in Translation" was one of them. I have checked Leconte's

filmography at IMDB and one of his movies from

> 1993 is titled simply "Tango" ( https://imdb.com/title/tt0108290/ ).

Judging

> from the plot synopsis it has nothing to do with dancing. That in
> combination with the "Intimate Strangers" experience tells me that Patrice
> might be tango admirer - he understands the spirit well and likes to film
> it.

From what I can notice in your posting, you have not seen either movie. What
"Lost in translation" is supposed to have to do with tango is completely
beyond me, though Coppola hits the modern "Japan experience" pretty well.
The movie "Tango" is not about Argentine tango, but another one of Leconte's
off the wall creations. It does have a few dance scenes in it, but of
continental tango, and danced badly but funnily. The main tango part is
about two crazy men riding through the countryside in a huge car, playing
old French tango on the cassette deck full blast ALL of the time ("The
volume button is stuck and we only have this one tape" they tell the
dismayed hitchhiker they picked up) which adds much to the over the top
dramatic ridiculousness of the whole story.
IMO, neither of those movies are about the tango spirit, have not seen
"Intimate strangers" yet, but if any of his movies comes close to "tango
spirit" it must be "La fille sur le pont" (the girl on the bridge) with
Vanessa Paradis, which has no Tango in it at all, actually.

Astrid

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:49:38 +0000
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Intimate Strangers

Astrid wrote:

>IMO, neither of those movies are about the tango spirit, have not seen
>"Intimate strangers" yet, but if any of his movies comes close to "tango
>spirit" it must be "La fille sur le pont" (the girl on the bridge) with
>Vanessa Paradis, which has no Tango in it at all, actually.

Well, give "Intimate Strangers" a chance, there is no tango dancing in it
either.

True, I have not seen "Tango" by Leconte - cannot write anything about that
particular movie, except that I found title in tune with my thoughts. As to
"Lost in translation", my personal perception of the movie is that it has
tango in spirit (not as much as "Intimate Strangers"), naturally your
perception might differ.

Cheers, Oleh K.
https://TangoSpring.com

>From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
>Reply-To: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
>To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [TANGO-L] Intimate Strangers
>Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:14:33 +0900
>
>A while ago
> > there was a thread on Tango-L about movies, which have tango in spirit.
> > "Lost in Translation" was one of them. I have checked Leconte's
>filmography at IMDB and one of his movies from
> > 1993 is titled simply "Tango" ( https://imdb.com/title/tt0108290/ ).
>Judging
> > from the plot synopsis it has nothing to do with dancing. That in
> > combination with the "Intimate Strangers" experience tells me that
>Patrice
> > might be tango admirer - he understands the spirit well and likes to
>film
> > it.
>
>From what I can notice in your posting, you have not seen either movie.
>What
>"Lost in translation" is supposed to have to do with tango is completely
>beyond me, though Coppola hits the modern "Japan experience" pretty well.
>The movie "Tango" is not about Argentine tango, but another one of
>Leconte's
>off the wall creations. It does have a few dance scenes in it, but of
>continental tango, and danced badly but funnily. The main tango part is
>about two crazy men riding through the countryside in a huge car, playing
>old French tango on the cassette deck full blast ALL of the time ("The
>volume button is stuck and we only have this one tape" they tell the
>dismayed hitchhiker they picked up) which adds much to the over the top
>dramatic ridiculousness of the whole story.
>IMO, neither of those movies are about the tango spirit, have not seen
>"Intimate strangers" yet, but if any of his movies comes close to "tango
>spirit" it must be "La fille sur le pont" (the girl on the bridge) with
>Vanessa Paradis, which has no Tango in it at all, actually.
>
>Astrid

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:24:47 -0700
From: Huck Kennedy <huck@ENSMTP1.EAS.ASU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Intimate Strangers

Astrid writes:

> IMO, neither of those movies are about the tango spirit, have not seen
> "Intimate strangers" yet, but if any of his movies comes close to "tango
> spirit" it must be "La fille sur le pont" (the girl on the bridge) with
> Vanessa Paradis, which has no Tango in it at all, actually.

Has anyone here seen La Puta y La Ballena?

(https://www.zinema.com/pelicula/2004/laputayl.htm)

I'm not much of a movie buff, so I've probably not seen nearly
as many movies as a lot of you, but this film has some of
the best treatment of tango and its spirit I've seen yet.

Huck