The actress struggled with drug addiction and depression following the movie and died from cancer in 2011, aged 58. For his translation, the last tango in Paris is a Franco-Italian film of 1972 directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Schneider, who was 19 at the time of the filming, said she felt "a little raped" after the scene. Watching the infamous butter scene below in which Schneider’s character gets raped with a little butter used as lubricant one can see why. "What Bernardo said later was he would like to apologise to Maria, only because he probably didn't explain to her at the beginning what was discussed with Brando." "Probably Bernardo felt that maybe he didn't explain it completely to Maria from the beginning and that's why he felt a little guilty and nothing more than that," he said. The cinematographer explained Bertolucci's admission, saying the Italian director felt guilty for adding a "humiliating" detail without Schneider's consent. More than a decade ago, Maria Schneider revealed the unsettling details surrounding an infamous rape scene in the 1972 drama Last Tango in Paris, in which Marlon Brando’s character uses butter as.
It was an acting job, not something else." She was an actress and had no problems with this. "She knew pretty well what was happening in every scene. According to the director, the only thing actress Maria Schneider was not aware of prior to shooting was the. "Maria knew perfectly well what she was doing. Bertolucci Responds to Outrage Over ‘Last Tango in Paris’ Rape Scene Confession. They are drawn into an entirely physical relationship, some of it involving butter, after a chance meeting in an empty Paris apartment. Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood, who recently opened up about her own sexual abuse, described Bertolucci and Brando - who died aged 80 in 2004 - as "very sick individuals to think that was okay.To all the people that love this film- you're watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man. Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris (1972) revolves around the spontaneous sexual chemistry between a bitter middle-aged American widower and a naive French girl about to be married. "There was a baguette, there was butter and we looked at each other and, without saying anything, we knew what we wanted."Īctor Chris Evans said on Twitter: "I will never look at this film, Bertolucci or Brando the same way again.
"We were having, with Marlon, breakfast on the floor of the flat where I was shooting," the director says. In the 2013 exchange, Bertolucci explains how the butter idea came about. I feel sick," Oscar-nominated Jessica Chastain wrote on Twitter.
As a director setting the terms for shooting a rape scene. "To all the people that love this film - you're watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man. Last Tango in Paris director says controversy over butter rape scene is ridiculous and naive. The relaying of Bertolucci's interview comments have prompted outrage on social media, fuelled by top actors. Schneider, who suffered drug addiction and depression before her 2011 death, said four years earlier she had felt "a little raped" during the scene and was profoundly angry about it for years afterwards. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Last Tango In Paris. "Those who do not realise that sex is (almost) always simulated in films probably believe that every time John Wayne shoots an enemy on film that someone really dies." Voila Finally, the Last Tango In Paris script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Bernardo Bertolucci movie starring Marlon Brando.