Word: saura
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Directed by Carlos Saura...
...appropriately named Tango is one of a long line of credits acquired by prominent Spanish director-writer Carlos Saura (Carmen, Flamenco), who in this film views the tango through a dance and image-intensive, minimalist action approach. Mario Suarez, played by award-winning Argentine actor Miguel Angel Sola, is creating a tango movie to be filmed in a studio in Buenos Aires. He incorporates into his work aspects of his own life, including the pain of his recent marital separation from the talented dancer Laura Fuentes, as well as his growing passion for the ingenue Elena--a role played with...
...Carlos Saura, the dazzling Spanish director who is responsible for the movie of the Barcelona Games, has enough passionate drama to work with to film another Carmen. He could begin with Magic Johnson at the opening ceremonies, undertaking what Johnson, who has more cause than most to savor moments, called "the most important thing in my life." He could show Gwen Torrence sobbing uncontrollably as she collected her 200-m gold, and, 10 minutes later, in a raucous press conference, spitting out that drug use is "in swimming, it's in track and field, it's everywhere." And he could...
...CARMELA! Pan-European charmer Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) is a cabaret artiste caught in the crossfire of the Spanish Civil War. Director Carlos Saura makes all the obvious points, but Maura makes them shine like new truths...