(I first posted this in June 2007, on 360)
Al Pacino is one of the actors I quite enjoy watching. Not that he is my favourite actor as I find that he occasionally tends to overact but, on the whole, I think he is a very good actor. A rather large picture in today's paper of him dancing caught my attention. Mind you, a picture of anybody dancing would catch my attention, being mad about any form of dancing myself.
Al Pacino is one of the actors I quite enjoy watching. Not that he is my favourite actor as I find that he occasionally tends to overact but, on the whole, I think he is a very good actor. A rather large picture in today's paper of him dancing caught my attention. Mind you, a picture of anybody dancing would catch my attention, being mad about any form of dancing myself.
The
picture shows a scene in the film " The scent of a Woman " in which he
did a spectacular Tango; that & his powerful performance earned
him his first Oscar after having been nominated 8 times. I am sure the
Tango, or rather the way he danced it, had got a lot to do with his
winning. He "overacted" - if one can talk about dancing with that term,
in that dance too, just ever so slightly. But the Tango was perfect.
His overacting in that dance was exactly as it should be. His partner,
the actress Gabrial Anwar, managed to keep up with relative ease too.
The
Tango is one of my favourite dances. It's not a very difficult dance
to learn but very few people can do it well. In theory anybody with two
feet can learn to do all the steps, but, it's a dance of so many mixed
emotions, so sensual, so passionate, so demanding, bordering almost on
violent. It has to be danced with the heart, all one's inner feelings.
The style & steps need the slight exaggeration. And he gave it,
just the right dose.
In
his usual arrogant and nonchalant manner, he commented on the TV
programme " Dancing with the stars ", the American version of " Mira
quien baila! " - Look who is dancing! - of Television Española, &
said: " If they invite me, I will seriously consider taking part in
competing. With due respect to everyone, & being as modest as I
could be; I am a damn good dancer." Whatever he is, modest he in not.
Then he concluded by saying that his only problem is that he is shy.
And if he wouldn't take part, that would be the only reason.
Shy?
Al Pacino? Was he paving an honourable retreat for himself? I hope
not. It would certainly delight a lot of his fans & I am definitely
one of them.
Another
famous veteran Hollywood actor nearly always comes to mind when the
Tango is talked about. Robert Duvall. A real master of Tango. He had
apparently gone to learn & improve his technique in Argentina,
where the Tango is a national passion & pastime. Pity he had not
been given much chance to show his skills on the screen.
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