Word: tangoing
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Brando was disappointed by his most notorious film, Last Tango in Paris. "Bertolucci was a very sensitive director, but I didn't like the movie. It was too calculated, designed to make an impact rather than a statement. Bernardo wanted me to screw Maria Schneider on the screen. I told him, 'That's impossible. If that happens, our sex organs become the centerpiece of the film.' He never did agree with me. The Godfather"? What the hell did I know about a 65-year-old Italian who smokes twisted goat-shit cigars?" The young actor...
...Last Tango in Paris at 5:45 and 9:30; My Life To Live (Godard...
...Last Tango in Paris at 3:05 and 7:30; Inserts...
...FIRST, Tango seems to be just another avant-garde play with a gimmick. In this case the cute twist is a generation-gap role-reversal. The older members of the family are non-conformists and the young son is a traditionalist. By the time act one comes to a close, the audience feels as if it's being hit over the head with this witty, bizarre, but tediously predictable pattern...
...these actions and emotions are powerful even when stripped of political implication. What helps Tango in this production are portrayals by all seven cast members that bring alive these feelings of leading, following, searching...