Bernardo bertolucci 1972' s The Last Tango in Paris has always been regarded as a controversial work. After a lapse of more than 40 years, a past event that happened during filming surfaced again. In an interview, director Bertolucci revealed that a rape scene in The Last Tango in Paris was filmed without the consent of the heroine Maria Schneider.
Bernardo bertolucci's interview was in 20 13, but the video was finally exposed recently. In The Last Tango in Paris, Marlon Brando's character invades Maria Schneider's lower body with his fingers stained with butter.
Director Bertolucci said in an interview: "The idea of' butter' was thought of by Malone and me on the morning of shooting. But to some extent, what I did was terrible for Maria, because I didn't tell her what would happen next. Because I hope her reaction is a girl's, not an actress's. "
He went on to say: "I hope she can make a humiliating response. I think she hates me and Malone because we didn't tell her the details that we would use butter as lubricant. I feel deeply guilty about this. "
When filming The Last Tango in Paris, Maria was only 19 years old and Marlon Brando was 48 years old. Maria Schneider made it clear that "there is no attraction between us. To me, he is like a father figure, and I am like a daughter." After watching this film, many people feel that the sex scene in the film is very real. In fact, the sex scene in the film is not true.
The release of The Last Tango in Paris caused a great controversy, and Maria Schneider's life went into darkness. She was deeply involved in a drug abuse scandal and tried to commit suicide. She even used olive oil instead of butter when cooking on weekdays. 20 1 1 year, Maria Schneider died of cancer at the age of 59.