1029  "Two to Tango"

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 01:02:30 -0600
From: Lois Donnay <donnay@DONNAY.NET>
Subject: "Two to Tango"

Anybody ever heard of this movie?

Video is rated R, hi-fi, 87 minutes, color, 1988.

"James Conrad (Don Stroud) is an admirer of art, a lover of women and a
specialist in the fine art of assassination. The top secret organization he
works for, known only as "The Company", is all Conrad's ever known. His
final assignment sends him to exotic Buenos Aires, where he falls under the
spell of Cecilia (Adrienne Sachs), a fiery dancer who is also the
professional "girlfriend" of Conrad's current target. The Company cutthroats
expect him to fulfill his commitment: a swift, clean kill. But now, after a
lifetime in the business of murder, Conrad wants out. For once, he's playing
by his own rules, for his own desire. For good."

>

Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:56:53 +0900
From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: "Two to Tango"

> Anybody ever heard of this movie?
>
> Video is rated R, hi-fi, 87 minutes, color, 1988.
>
> "James Conrad (Don Stroud) is an admirer of art, a lover of women and a
> specialist in the fine art of assassination. The top secret organization

he

> works for, known only as "The Company", is all Conrad's ever known. His
> final assignment sends him to exotic Buenos Aires, where he falls under

the

> spell of Cecilia (Adrienne Sachs), a fiery dancer who is also the
> professional "girlfriend" of Conrad's current target. The Company

cutthroats

> expect him to fulfill his commitment: a swift, clean kill. But now, after

a

> lifetime in the business of murder, Conrad wants out. For once, he's

playing

> by his own rules, for his own desire. For good."
> >

Is that "Naked tango"? I did not see it,but it kind of sounds like it, from,
what I vaguely remember hearing about the movie.

Astrid

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:51:39 +0000
From: Bruce Stephens <bruce@CENDERIS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: "Two to Tango"

astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP> writes:

[...]

> Is that "Naked tango"? I did not see it,but it kind of sounds like
> it, from, what I vaguely remember hearing about the movie.

The details in imdb are different: "Two to Tango" is
<https://us.imdb.com/Title?0096325>, and "Naked Tango" is
<https://us.imdb.com/Title?0100222>. Naked Tango (1990) is "Returning
by ship to South America, a young girl escapes her elderly husband by
swapping places with a girl committing suicide. She believes her new
life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a
trick to get her working in a brothel."

If one is to believe the user ratings, neither film is particularly
worth seeing.

Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:48:59 -0700
From: Tom Stermitz <Stermitz@RAGTIME.ORG>
Subject: Re: "Two to Tango"

>astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP> writes:
>
>[...]
>
>> Is that "Naked tango"? I did not see it,but it kind of sounds like
>> it, from, what I vaguely remember hearing about the movie.
>
>The details in imdb are different: "Two to Tango" is
><https://us.imdb.com/Title?0096325>, and "Naked Tango" is
><https://us.imdb.com/Title?0100222>. Naked Tango (1990) is "Returning
>by ship to South America, a young girl escapes her elderly husband by
>swapping places with a girl committing suicide. She believes her new
>life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a
>trick to get her working in a brothel."
>
>If one is to believe the user ratings, neither film is particularly
>worth seeing.

Naked Tango is not for all tastes, it is intense and dramatic...I
liked it a lot despite a certain violence.

Perhaps any depiction of the "white slave trade" from the old country
would be difficult. But, the concept of swapping your life for that
of another, and then finding you've put yourself into hell is
chilling. The idea of tango representing violence and masculine
control is not what attracts us to this dance, yet in this movie it
evokes raw emotions.

But, perhaps the movie also suggests that the woman in tango is not
as powerless in this game as this suggests.

Given the violence that is considered normal in the average Hollywood
"R" film, Naked Tango is neither more nor less, but the power games
and drama of the young girl's situation makes it pretty intense.


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Tom Stermitz
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