The next installment in my ongoing oh so popular series about famous dance sequences involves the art of the tango. There are many tango moments on screen (including an entire dedicated film) but to brighten up a rainy Thursday (at least here in New York), let's count down my favorites:
#3: This is a cheat because it's really from a musical but here is the film version of the Tango Maureen - even though one learned to dance the tango with the rabbi's daughter and the other with the French ambassador's daughter, they mesh quite nicely:
#2: In Baz Luhrmann's sprawling pop amalgam that is the fabulous Moulin Rouge, the Argentinian tango version of the Police's Roxanne is quite breathtaking and keeps me glued to the screen every time:
#1: The on screen tango will never get any better than Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot. Their serious demeanors and the little details like the flower transfer are priceless:
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