Word: tango
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...scene where she kisses Gennarino's feet after he has symbolically thrust a stake through a skinned rabbit, the comedy is dissipated. Using the graceful closeups which distinguish her style, Wertmuller evokes the intensity and eroticism of a great love affair so subtly and effectively as to make Last Tango in Paris seem like a mouthwash commercial. The subjective gaze of the camera and the expressive interaction of the actors combine to compel the audience to identify strongly with the characters, men with Gennarino and women with Raffaella. In fact, the emotional force of the relationship juxtaposed with the tranquil...
Except for one bried foray into Last Tango in Paris the superb player never even touched upon a single request for his old music--not even Encuentros--to his audience's dismay...
...work like Tango (circa 1919), the dress suit and the white vest-rendered with the utmost economy as a patch of gesso on the smooth cherry-wood - take on a sleek, concise elegance far removed from the naive woodcarvings of country America that provoked Nadelman's hand. He was an exquisite connoisseur of gesture, and his finest works-particularly the suite of woodcarvings to which Tango belongs-stem from his delight in performance: in music halls or burlesques, at plays, piano recitals or even tea dances...
...that goes too far. Guy, however, is more concerned about violence and drugs than explicit sex. If he had been in office at the time, Guy says he might well have banned Stanley Kubrick's chilling A Clockwork Orange, which anyone over 18 could see, while letting Last Tango in Paris sail through. Another branch of government, however, may give the porn purveyors some anxiety. Seeking new sources of income, Finance Minister Jean-Pierre Fourcade last week suggested a tax on "this outburst of pornography...
...sensuously, the couples glide in and out of each other's arms, their feet stomping to the blare of music with a strong rhythmic beat. The girls and boys are attractively dressed. And they are holding hands. Has the cha-cha come back? Or is it a funky tango from a '40s movie? Though it looks a bit like both, the step that has restored body contact to dancing is called the Hustle, and at big-city discotheques, from Manhattan's Leviticus to San Francisco's Penthouse, it is causing the biggest swivet on the dance...