SIFF hot take May 27, 2019 at 05:46PM

[ironymaiden]

Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark

this was one of those documentaries for avid fans who wanted to know more. for me, I never understood why he was considered a sort of outlaw by tango traditionalists because they didn't define traditional tango for uncultured Americans. Lots of great home video and audio cut with period tv interviews and performances, plus some modern footage of his son who holds most of the memorabilia. ultimately it didn't work for me and I dozed a bit in the middle. charming note: Piazzolla was born in Argentina but grew up in New York City - the few times we hear him speak English it's with a native Noo Yawk accent.

Comments

[sistawendy]

Tango traditionalists are a bunch of queerphobic wankers.

[ironymaiden]

then fuck 'em. (i've tried to look up more info on what the music style disagreement actually was, and in English i can only find mentions of disapproval but not still no "why".)