"Who is Mario? Is he the protagonist of the story? That's not important. Compared with his circumstances, there are also what he did..." The director talked directly with the audience from the beginning, and used a stage play-like The deeply involved back-viewing song reinforces Mario's current situation. He is deeply regretful that he only found out that he loved her deeply after his girlfriend left.
Through the musical director Mario in the play, the director expressed his creative ideas and persistence, as well as his chattering about middle-aged life. The title of the musical and the original film title are both "Tango", and they also incorporate Tango dance. The two seem to be completely different. One is Mario's love, and the other is the devaluation of historical pain, but in fact they are similar. In the theme of connotation.
When Mario directed the stage play, he used color to travel through time and space, and used lighting to express the changes of the protagonist. He also tried to add elements such as slides, fans, and new dances to complicate the performance. In movie scenes other than musical rehearsals, you can also see the graceful Tango dance and richly changing lighting. Among them, the dim yellow tones and romantic pink are the most impressive.
In this film that is very much from the creator’s point of view, it shows how the creator creates and how he perseveres.
"...The woman left, the man collapsed, but other women appeared, the young female dancer, the man fell in love, in love? Is it love or grabbing a lifebuoy...", a series of soliloquies , almost makes people think that Mario is reflecting on his own situation, but in the end you will find that it is Mario who is actually using a magnifying glass to look at his life, magnifying the pain, turning it into creative inspiration, and transforming the emotional trauma. The mood transition extends to creation.
Because of persistence, it is inevitable to criticize the current vulgar audience taste, which leads to this kind of dialogue. "Don't make it too complicated. Today's audiences want simple things. They are used to watching TV. They want pure entertainment...the simpler, the happier." "You don't need that scene, the audience won't understand, give them beautiful Dance, beautiful women, beautiful tango, not just fear and anxiety, that does not belong to a musical." Mario remained unmoved. Under the pressure of investors, he still said: "That is my performance concept. ”
In addition, there are also feelings about middle-aged men. While having dinner with the young and beautiful Elena, Mario rambled on about his self-analysis and gave a lot of "experience reports" about men's obsession with power, youth and lack of time, etc.
The entire film is diverse, complex and entertaining in its approach. The story line focuses on Mario's love and musical directorship. However, this is not just a film full of love and creative ideals.
Mario fought for love and stole Gro La Rocca’s woman Irina. After Angelo, who has a mafia background, threatened Irina: "You are making a mistake, no one can play with me!" Then they rehearsed the scene where Irina was assassinated. Amid everyone's exclamations, although he was safe this time, after watching the movie, he felt anxious about whether he would still be safe next time.