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...well as his growing passion for the ingenue Elena--a role played with a brilliant combination of sensitivity and seduction by 22-year old Argentine actress Mia Maestro in her film debut. But the main character is none of these, for it is the tango itself that dominates the scene, controlling the dancers and manipulating their emotions even as they struggle to master its sinuous moves...
Whereas in other ballroom films, dance merely reinforces what the audience already knows about the characters and their situation; dance in Tango amplifies emotional subtlety and addresses issues of significance beyond that of the immediate scene. It is a surprisingly effective cinematic tool that manages to keep the audience hypnotized for a length surpassing that which Hollywood directors would dare to attempt without dialogue...
...tale, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Even the most sexually-driven movies today, from Basic Instinct to Dangerous Creatures, look childish next to the sophisticated eroticism of Kubrick's Lolita--an eroticism created through words and glances and not a single scene of naked flesh. As for violence, a director like Quentin Tarantino is put to shame when one looks at the cold but gleeful presentation of crime and pain in A Clockwork Orange, which was withdrawn from theaters in England...
...SHOULD WIN: Blanchett. Hands down. She is a brilliant chameleon (too bad she's not a natural redhead). And that last scene in Elizabeth, where she declares herself a virgin? (Brrrrr...
...criticize. With its metaphorical title and periodic, less than subtle outbursts into sappy soundtrack land, The Deep End of the Ocean could easily have degenerated into a cliched and shamelessly melodramatic style a la Stepmom. But director Ulu Grosbard thankfully manages to avoid melodrama in most (though not all) scenes. This, along with excellent performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Jackson, convert the Deep End into a sophisticated and genuinely touching film which manages to be interesting without the requisite sex or violence scene. How innovative...