Nashville Scene .
Few things take more guts than standing up in front of a roomful of strangers to dance.
This sensation also apparently transcends cultures. Nevertheless, unbeknownst to his wife and daughter, he purchases a pair of dance shoes and begins a secret life as a waltzing fool. As in great pop movies like Dirty Dancing and Saturday Night Fever , the dance floor is the place where people forget social pressure and saving face to shake off their inhibitions. The dance numbers themselves are luxuriously photographed, with none of that damnable Flashdance editing that chops dancers into disconnected body parts. The director treats the wide screen as a dance floor, and he gives everyone room to cut loose.