Analysis of the movie Tango by Carlos Saura
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Carlos Saura, a Spanish director, directed the movie Tango, and gained a number of credits especially because of the minimalist action techniques, as used throughout the development of the movie. Dance is the major theme of the movie around which the overall story and character roles are defined within the progression of the movie. Miguel Angel Sola played the role of Mario Suarez to create the movie tango, whereas incorporating various aspects of his work-related life. He also incorporated the suffering of his divorce from Laura Fuentes who was one of the talented actors and dancers.
After watching the movie, it becomes clearer that the involvement of various dancers dominates many scenes of the movie, whereas showing the fact that the directors have controlled and manipulated all of the dancers involved in tango, with respect to their emotional power. Therefore, the major purpose of this paper is to analyze the movie ‘Tango,’ whereas revealing about major ideas behind the development of the movie at the time of its creation, certain gender roles, love, power, and stereotype (Rattey, 1999).
The movie first of all is linked with the idea of gender role, over which the director of the movie has tried to show the audience about different roles of males and females. Through the manipulation of emotions of the female dancers, the director showed that the male gender plays a dominant role over the female gender, in almost every aspect of life whether it is dancing or making some money out of a real business.
Different scenes are evident, in this regard, that clearly show the manipulation of emotions of female dancers. Through the distinction of different gender roles, the movie also shows that there is a power difference between both gender and main power is in the hands of the male gender who can use their power to manipulate not only emotions, but love, sensual experiences, and body language as well. The nature of dancing and singing shows the practice of torture over which females are always regarded in a forceful manner. The issue of torture, as appeared in the movie, is not limited to dancing, but showed the way the military dictatorship of Argentina has sanctioned in the past. However, the movie successfully manages the forceful treatment ever adopted by military officials without going beyond the actual settings (Rodenstein, 1998).
In addition, another aspect of the movie that is under analysis is immigrants, as the movie tries to show the upset and depression faced by immigrants. The suffering of immigrants is very much appearing within different dancing scenes of the movie, especially where both male and female are involved in silent dancing. The theme of portraying dancing without any voice is the way of showing the pain and suffering immigrants have been facing in the history of the world over which immigrants have been limited to even express their emotional sentiments and sensitivity-related issues (Rodenstein, 1998).
Another idea behind the creation of the movie is based upon the importance of dance and the meaning that different elements of dance offer to explain various aspects of life. Within the movie, the dancing theme shows love, domination, passion, seduction, submission, and longing on parts of both males and females. The dance shows needs and desires of the character involved within the movie, whereas showing the level of happiness and satisfaction one has gained within his or her life. In other words, the director of the movie has tried to show that dance is a way of expressing emotions, thoughts, and personal and collective desires of people over which they perform dance accordingly (Maslin, 1999).
In conclusion, through the analysis of the movie, it becomes visible that the movie is a perfect form of human expressions based on various aspects of human life. The first aspect of life is linked with the gender and their different roles in society. The second aspect of the movie is about the power and dominance of male gender over females. Third element is dancing through which the director has tried to show the way people can show and express their feelings, emotions, thoughts, and past experiences and incidents that they cannot forget about.
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