Her new movie, "The Tango Lesson", is also premiering. If you > would like me to transcribe a few quotes from her about these films, let me > know. > > Jeff Sally Potter brought *Tango Lesson* to the Venice FilmFest. I attended the press conference and asked a question to which she responded in a less than satisfactory way. I made a comment regarding the the reversal of the male gaze--which I found interesting. Potter is both directing and starring in the film, in which she plays a film writer/director turned dancer. The camera often lingers on the male body performing tango sequences. However, this reversed scopophilia is 1)undermined: the female is longingly gazing at a man who does not love the woman back; and 2)recuperated narratively with a happy ending. About these two points, Potter said that "love is a lot more complicated than that." Not what I expected from such a thoughtful director. Gloria Monti ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.