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As a couple, the two are actually a little\u2026sad. Johana says early on that she would change nothing in her live. Then, after only a slight pause, she adds one exception. She wouldn\u2019t be with him.<\/p>\n

Juan Carlos talks about taking a table they danced on and making it higher because the prospect of a fall frightened Johana and because\u2026well maybe that was the only reason.<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t want to take couples therapy, but when they dance it is a different story. Kral makes liberal use of archival footage from the Copes\u2019s career, but the highlights of the film are unquestionably the reenactments. While Juan Carlos or Johana describe a scene from their youth, another, younger couple will enact it through dance.<\/p>\n

Given the couple\u2019s personal issues, I might have liked to see a bit more reflection in the film. How does the relationship between partners affect the dance itself? We are told that Johana was better, both than Juan Carlos and his other partners, but we aren\u2019t always told what being better consists of. Is personal chemistry indescribable, or does technical merit compensate as the chemistry changes? In one revealing scene, Johana instructs a younger dancer that she isn\u2019t \u201clooking\u201d at her partner. She also has some thoughts about when to be close and when to have a little separation between the partners.<\/p>\n

One can hardly fault the Copes\u2019s for not being as expressive with their words as they are through their art. Or for not having as much footage to provide as the younger generation. As a documentary profile, the film is just so-so. But as a performance record, it is a blast. Even if you know next to nothing about dance\u2013I can tell it is tango by the music, though I\u2019ve never danced a step\u2013you can sense instinctively that you are in the presences of elite artists<\/p>\n

At one point the couple reflects on watching Singin\u2019 in the Rain<\/em> and imagining themselves to be Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. That emulating the latter rather was Johana\u2019s wish rather than being, say, Debbie Reynolds, tells you all you need to know. Five minutes of dancing can be worth ninety minutes of talk. Fortunately, Our Last Tango<\/em> gives us a lot more than five.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"