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directed
by Carlos Saura
Spain 1998
Driven along by an intoxicating mixture of traditional love ballads and an almost balletic score by Argentinian Lalo Schifrin (famous as the guy behind the Mission: Impossible theme), Saura paints a picture of love gone sour and transmuted into creative energy. His treatment ultimately stretches the usual triangle -- one man, two women, with inherent situational lashings of jealousy and danger -- to include not only his feelings about the opposite sex, but about Argentina's violent history. It's grand obsession mounted grandly, full of motion, ritual and sensual heat. And Tango, commensurately, is a simply unforgettable film. See it, if you like dance -- or even if you don't. It may well change your mind. |
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Theatrical Release: Argentina 6/8 1998 Spain 25/9 1998
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DVD Comparison:
Metrodome (UK) - Region 2 - PAL vs. FilMax (Spain) - Region 0 - PAL vs. Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Per-Olof Strandberg and for the Screen Caps!
(Metrodome (UK) - Region 2 - PAL - LEFT vs. FilMax (Spain) - Region 0 - PAL - MIDDLE vs. Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC - RIGHT)
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Metrodome (UK) Region 2 - PAL |
FilMax
(Spain) Region 0 - PAL |
Columbia
Tri-Star Region 1 - NTSC |
Runtime | 01:50:2 (4% PAL speedup) | 01:50:2 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:55:08 |
Video |
1:1.78 Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
Original
Aspect Ratio 2.0:1 |
Zoomed in : 1.78:1
16X9 enhanced |
Audio | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish |
Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) |
Subtitles | English and none | English and none | English, Spanish, French and none. |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Metrodome (UK)
Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
Chapters
28 |
Release Information: Studio: FilMax (Spain) Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
NO ENGLISH SUBS ON EXTRAS DVD Release Date: February 16th, 2000 Keep Case Chapters 8 |
Release Information: Studio: Columbia Tri-Star
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Edition Details: DVD Release Date: August 3, 1999 Keep case Chapters 28 |
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What a mess this all
is. The two anamorphic version are out of ratio. The Columbia Tri-star has
actually zoomed into the image. Colors are likewise all
over the place. It's hard to know which is most true.
The subtitles on all have weaknesses - the Metronome font is puny and unclear, the Filmax is not anamorphic and they even put the subs outside the frame and the Columbia is a horrible intrusive color.
Per Olof says: 'How can a distributor
miss the 5.1 sound, of a film with almost constant music background? Where
the Filmax 5.1 version sounds fantastic, and This is a decent film, but no proper 16X9 DVD version exists. I suggest going with the Filmax until a better one comes along. |
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Filmax |
Sound: |
Filmax / Columbia tie |
Extras: | Columbia |
Menu: | Columbia |
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Distribution |
Metrodome (UK) Region 2 - PAL |
FilMax
(Spain) Region 0 - PAL |
Columbia
Tri-Star Region 1 - NTSC |