1031  Tango Movies

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:21:15 -0800
From: Rick FromPdx <bugsbunny1959@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Tango Movies

I thought the dancing in "The Tango Lesson" was really good. I didn't really
enjoy the rest of the movie that much or the art movie within the movie.

Rick

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dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic
equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," xlating into "happiness in the mouth".

"Parkers ad, "It won't leak in your pocket & embarass you", was xlated into
Spanish as "It won't leak in your pocket & make you pregnant".

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:25:07 -0000
From: John Ward <jmward@BUN.COM>
Subject: Re: Tango Movies

"Kuutamolla" directed by Ahu Louhimies in 2002 has a tango sub-plot. Minna
Haapkyld stars as Iiris, a thirtysomething singleton. Her apparently
happily-married friend Laura (Laura Malmivaara) still carries a torch for
the tango dancer she met in Buenos Aires. We are treated to a few very brief
flashbacks. No 16 of the deleted scenes "Rome and Buenos Aires" is longer,
better, and has more tango content than the sequence that actually appears
in the film.

Louhimies' earlier film "Levottomat" (2000) has a single extremely brief
scene towards the end where a tango is played at a wedding party. This is
rudely
interrupted when it is revealed that the best man (Mikko Nousiainen) has
been bonking not only the bride but also the preacher. Laura Malmivaara
stars again, as the best man's long suffering girlfriend.

Both films available on DVD with English subtitles.

John Ward
Bristol, UK

Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 03:33:42 -0800
From: luda_r1 <luda_r1@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Tango movies update

---OK, people,

I know, I know, I owe you.... I was supposed to
compile a list of all the movies EVER MADE about tango
and publish it on the list! And I will.... I promise.

The good news is that I was so overwhelmed by the
wealth of information I received on this topic, I
was...well... completely overwhelmed!! But I'm
working on it!!! You have one humdinger of a list to
look forward to! :)

The bad news is that I don't know how to transmit it
to you in an appropriate fashion. (Technologcially
challenged, you know :)) Also, some people probably
couldn't care less. The List does not handle
attachments, as I understand it, and this would be one
heck of a long message. Which I'm totally opposed to
anyway, in principle, as you know! ;) So, you rocket
scientists out there, let me hear from you. Privately,
of course. :)

Luda

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:28:38 -0500
From: Varvara Kountouzi <varvarak@POBOX.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tango movies update

Luda,

I think the best way to make the info available is to put it on a website.
There are many people on the list who have websites and if I remember
correctly, there is one created by Tango-L people so that we can all upload
stuff...that's why I'm copying the list in this message, so that someone
will remind us of the details.

Thanks for doing this,

Barbara

At 03:33 AM 3/2/2003 -0800, you wrote:

>---OK, people,
>
>I know, I know, I owe you.... I was supposed to
>compile a list of all the movies EVER MADE about tango
>and publish it on the list! And I will.... I promise.
>
>The good news is that I was so overwhelmed by the
>wealth of information I received on this topic, I
>was...well... completely overwhelmed!! But I'm
>working on it!!! You have one humdinger of a list to
>look forward to! :)
>
>The bad news is that I don't know how to transmit it
>to you in an appropriate fashion. (Technologcially
>challenged, you know :)) Also, some people probably
>couldn't care less. The List does not handle
>attachments, as I understand it, and this would be one
>heck of a long message. Which I'm totally opposed to
>anyway, in principle, as you know! ;) So, you rocket
>scientists out there, let me hear from you. Privately,
>of course. :)
>
>Luda
>
>
>
>
>
>

Barbara Kountouzi
Coordinator of Education & Research Services
Biomedical Library, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Wood Johnson Pavilion
3610 Hamilton Walk - Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215)898-6978
varvarak@mail.med.upenn.edu

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:18:08 -0600
From: Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown@DAL.FRB.ORG>
Subject: Re: Tango movies update

Barbara wrote:

>I think the best way to make the info available is to put it on a

website.

>There are many people on the list who have websites and if I remember
>correctly, there is one created by Tango-L people so that we can all
>upload stuff...that's why I'm copying the list in this message, so that
>someone will remind us of the details.

Using a collaborative website is a great idea. In fact, there is a
collaborative public website for tango at
https://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/tango/uploads/

I started a movie section
<https://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/tango/33>

Everyone can make contributions.

With best regards,
Steve

Stephen Brown

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:34:51 -0600
From: Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown@DAL.FRB.ORG>
Subject: Re: Tango movies update

Oops! The correct Email address for the Tango-L Swiki, the collaborative
website for Argentine tango is
https://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/tango/

The new movie section is
https://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/tango/33

With best regards,
Steve

Stephen Brown

Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:51:54 -0800
From: luda_r1 <luda_r1@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Tango movies list...almost done!

Hi folks,

There was a discussion on the Tango-L not too long ago
about the movie "Naked tango", and some other movie. I
can'f find it. If someone wants to send me a copy of
those posts, I'll be happy to include them on my list.
Just for the sake of "completeness". If such a thing
is possible. Just when I think I've seen it all,
another wonderful post arrives! With more great
informaton!

The rocket scientists on the List have come through
with flying colors trying to help me!! As usual. Thank
you one and all! Of course. A website is the way to
go!! :))

I have compiled a rather informal list, giving all the
informaton I thought was pertinent, as I received it,
with not much editing, including some great
suggestions people sent about where to get MORE
information (websites, archives, universities,
government sources, etc.)!! :)

I have also included some editorial comments (by
contributors, as well as myself) which I thought would
be of interest to the List. It's going to be a rather
primitive document. Basic Word format right now. The
only thing I've been REALLY fanatical about is
protecting people's privacy, meticulously trying to
eliminate any references that could be traced. Not
that anybody had anything REALLY scandalous to say.
Darn it!! :))

Luda

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:59:28 -0800
From: Barbara Garvey <barbara@TANGOBAR-PRODUCTIONS.COM>
Subject: Re: Tango movies list...almost done!

HI Luda et al,
Came across a really funny tango scene (European/American tango, but I
gather you are not making distinctions or your list would be much shorter)
in a 1943 movie rented from the library -- Above Suspicion with Joan
Crawford and Fred MacMurray. The scene is toward the end, and takes place at
a party or nightclub (can't remember) in wartime Germany.
Best wishes,
Barbara

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:16:31 +0000
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Tango movies (in spirit)

I just saw "The man without a past". Not a lush picture. Acting and
cinematography are quite wooden, probably intentionally the style fits the
story and so it does not distract. If you like Stranger than paradise by
Jarmush you might enjoy this one too.

Anyway, someone wrote not long ago that Lost in translation is a tango
movie. "The man without a past" is another tango movie: sparse acting with
throbbing undercurrents. Moreover there are excerpts from several original
tangos by Antero Jakoila in the soundtrack. Quite beautiful and danceable
too.


Cheers, Oleh Kovalchuke

https://TangoSpring.com

Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:51:48 -0800
From: flame@2xtreme.net
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] tango movies (formerly I wanna buy a tango
To: tango-l@mit.edu

My favorite film is "Tango Bar" with Raul Julia. It's only available on VHS (at
least in the US). The music and dancing are great and I never tire of
watching it.

Flame