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Gardel short films: Yira yira (1931)
In 1930, Carlos Gardel was the star of several films directed by Eduardo Morera: 15 short music films. The recordings were in a short film format and portrayed an interpretation…
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Osvaldo Pugliese
Part 3. Author: Isidro Aguirre. He composed a great number of Tangos, amongst which we can find “Recuerdo”, “La beba”, “Negracha”, “Malandraca” and his anthem, “La yumba”.
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Tango & Cinema: “My Sad Night” (1952)
The film presents Pascual Contursi, an argentine playwright, a poet, a musician and a tango lyricist who falls madly in love with a singer to such an extent that he…
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Tango & Cinema: “Bar El Chino” (2003)
In 2003, argentine filmmaker Daniel Burak made his debut in the film industry with “Bar El Chino”. This film, which can be classified as drama genre, continuously revolves around Tango.
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Tango & Cinema: “I don’t know what your eyes have done to me” (2003)
In December of 2003, argentine filmmakers Sergio Wolf and Lorena Muñoz gave the world a documentary film portraying the always enigmatic life of “The Tango Empress” Ada Falcón. The film…
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Osvaldo Pugliese Typical Orchestra
Part 3. Author: Isidro Aguirre
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Tango & Cinema: ¡Tango! (1933)
Luis Moglia Barth´s movie “¡Tango!” is an example of how complicated dialogues are not necessary for transmitting emotions. This film lacks long conversations among its leading parts, but chooses music…
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Osvaldo Pugliese
Part 2. Author: Isidro Aguirre
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Tango & Cinema: Tango returns to Paris (1948).
A film directed by Argentine lyricist and filmmaker Manuel Romero which stars great artists from the 1940s, such as Alberto Castillo, Elvira Ríos, Severo Fernández, Fernando Lamas, Lilian Valmar and…
