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...film moves to two different rhythms. The first half is a mambo--kinetic, ribald, dazzling. The brothers' heads spin with the newness and excitement of America. Director Arne Glimcher takes us inside the Palladium, the greatest dance hall of the day, which he recreates with electrifying, tactile wealth of detail...
...second half, the movie changes course, drifting into a bolero that uses softer, lusher overtones. Together, Glimcher and his cast reveal the human and tragic qualities of the characters...
...what glorious music! Glimcher gathered a dream cast for his soundtrack. The performances in the movie--by Linda Rondstadt, Benny More and the legendary Tito Puente and Celia Cruz--are absolute showstoppers...
This from a man who holds no special fondness for the industry today. (Before directing, Glimcher produced Gorillas in the Mist and, less happily, The Good Mother.) "Hollywood is a battleground," he says. "The New York art world is, by and large, still a community. It moves as a single organism with many legs. People are here because they are in love with art and want a life...
Since modern art helped form Glimcher's famous taste, he can be expected to daub some of it on his screen. A poignant scene of Cesar and Nestor in a Times Square photo booth was influenced by Andy Warhol; it replicates a visit Glimcher and his family made to have their snaps taken for a Warhol portrait. Close watchers of The Mambo Kings will also discern the phantom signatures of a few revered auteurs. "I like Bob Fosse's films very much," Glimcher says. "So the strip joint in my film and the close-up of a decrepit stripper...