I have to admit, I enjoyed the movie Tango much more than expected. It was slow at first, but the powerful dancing, the lighting gave you a mixture of emotions, and the storyline took you on rollercoaster feelings through the movie. The story portrayed a film producer Mario's life. We started off by seeing his scenes with his ex (girlfriend, wife or other), then a period of mourning, followed by a new, younger love in his life. The lighting helped show the emotions he was feeling during each scene. Warm colors represented happier times, and then blended into muted tones of warm colors that made you feel hostility. The quickly moving light made you feel unsettled, unsure of what was going to happen. Then white to black, black to white gave a feeling of a struggle between the different emotions love emits.
The actual storyline from the production (the end of the movie) told more of a timeline of Argentina. The ups and downs the people of Argentina had during their turbulent history. Though possibly difficult to interpret, the scene where the military was torturing the citizens was very powerful, and in my opinion, well-choreographed. The orange color gave you a violent feeling, mixed with the motion of the dance provided a chaotic scene. The very end, when the mafia boss yelled out to his former love, Mario’s current love, I really thought the scene had gone wrong, and the perpetrator was really going to kill her for leaving the mafia boss. Mario runs to her screaming, that made me think he was next. Overall, I applaud the movie.
Chris Pappas
