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Last Tango in Paris (1972)

October. 14,1972
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6.9
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NC-17
| Drama Romance
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A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

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Scanialara
1972/10/14

You won't be disappointed!

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Acensbart
1972/10/15

Excellent but underrated film

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ActuallyGlimmer
1972/10/16

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Bluebell Alcock
1972/10/17

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

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Mikayla Smolensky
1972/10/18

This film contains a scene where the main actress Maria Schneider is raped by Marlon Brando. It has been recently told that this scene WAS NOT in the script. The actress was not informed about the scene. The director Bertolucci admitted that Brando and him talked about it previously and decided to use a stick of butter to rape Maria Schneider with. Bertolucci claims that did it for the purpose of art. If you do not believe me, all it takes is an internet search. The fact that the director did this and got away with it is absolutely disgusting. A woman was taken advantage of for artistic purposes??? Why would you want to watch a movie where a woman is literally raped?

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PaulX7
1972/10/19

It could have been a great movie but instead, it was wasted by movie director Bernardo Bertolucci, who is a poor excuse of a human being. He takes himself too seriously that he forgot he is just a movie director and it is just a movie. The rape scene in the movie was in fact a real rape: the scene was never consensual, he never even informed the actress, Maria Schneider, who was only 19 at the time, about the scene and instructed Brando to rape her, literally. Is it worth destroying a woman's life, for a movie? Seriously? Disgusting human being, and unethical. Some so-called "artists" take themselves too seriously, very pretentious.

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rodrig58
1972/10/20

I just saw for the first time, Marlon Brando's film, The Wild One(1953). Contrary to other voices, for me, this film has not grown old well, it is totally outdated in all respects (except to Lee Marvin's personal quest in a small role). Not the same can be said about Last Tango in Paris (1972), with the same Marlon Brando but, under another direction and involved in a totally different story. Yes, in my opinion, Brando's greatest role is not Don Vito Corleone in Coppola's The Grandfather, neither Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, by the same Coppola. Brando's greatest roles are Paul, in Last Tango in Paris, and Grindl, in Candy(1968), directed by Christian Marquand. Directed and written by Bernardo Bertolucci, another giant of the world's cinema(not only Italian...)(together with Fellini, Antonioni, Sergio Leone, Vittorio De Sica, Pasolini, Rossellini and Visconti), Last Tango in Paris is a real masterpiece. Out of neo-realism, where everybody was seeking answers to life's problems, Bertolucci manages to speak credibly, with images, words and music(Gato Barbieri), about the human condition itself. In my opinion, what Rossellini began with films like Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), Stromboli (1950), Europe '51 (1952), Bertolucci manages to fulfill with Last Tango in Paris. The Italian neo-realism is fully and successfully transplanted in the French Nouvelle Vague. And even more than that, is a sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet, a continuation of the monologue "to be or not to be..." The greatest role of Maria Schneider too. Amazing!

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Steve Pulaski
1972/10/21

NOTE: This film was recommended to me by Joseph Garza Medina for "Steve Pulaski Sees It." He is a middle-aged landlord from American in the middle of mourning the suicide of his wife. She is a young Parisian woman engaged and ready to begin her life with someone whom she deeply loves. She meets him when she's looking for an apartment to rent. An illicit, anonymous sexual relationship ensues.Both agree not to give one another their names. Perhaps that way it is sexier. For a man to sleep with a woman and not even know her name, he might be looked at by his peers as something of a true player, whereas for a woman to admit she slept with a man whose name she doesn't know would leave a permanent brand on her character by society. This is one of the many reasons they don't tell anyone. That way the arousal of the actions remain and neither party is greatly harmed anymore than they will inevitably be.He is played by Marlon Brando, one of the finest method actors who has ever lived, who is nothing shy of greatness here. Though he is largely quiet throughout the film, his leering presence as a character speaks volumes. His sexual force and energy does too, as he is the one to frequently initiate sex with her so that the two can release the tension, passion, and unmatched desires that have been clawing at their being for so long. She is played by Maria Schneider, another wonderful character actress who establishes herself here nicely, as well.Both characters are just minimalist enough where intentions and such can be applied to them with ease. The writing team are careful to craft recognizable characters that also have a strong element of impressionism here that can help discern both characters' intentions. For one, we can assume that he's sudden promiscuity with sex is a way to mask the pain of his late wife. The burden of pain is so strong and uncompromising for him that the only way to at least temporarily remedy it is through carnal acts that would be meaningless if they weren't so full of passion. For her, one can assume her youth and her adventurousness are leading causes of this act of promiscuity, but perhaps it is also a need to feel in a world that doesn't always want you to display your emotions.The film shows what happens when emotions and passion become so overpowering to the human mind that the only logical thing to do is to act instead of talk or define feelings. It elegantly showcases what comes of two people who completely collapse under the weight of their own impulsive desire to have sex and the problems it sets up for the future, when the clothes are back on and the weight of reality returns in an even more burdening manner. Even through cloudy aesthetics, intimate and erotic sex scenes, lavish costumes, and a wonderful, classical score that intertwines different jazz and full-blown orchestra, the characters and their underlying motivations remain the most interesting dance in the film. Why dance solo when it takes two to tango? Starring: Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci.

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