Last Tango in Paris

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Stephen C @dogfood23111 1 day ago Rated NC-17. See more Robert P @Superbad Sep 26, 2026 Last Tango in Paris = a *4* star Movie! See more Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 20, 2026 Last Tango suffers from quite a poorly worded plot synopsis on Wiki, so don't read that. It's not a realistic movie, let's be honest. What is it then? A dream. A psychosexual drama. A phase of life story. A portrait of grief, the trauma of grief in the aftermath of suicide. A young woman's fear of growing up (as symbolised by marriage). And of course a controversial arthouse piece of ingenious eurotrash BS. Hollywood remakes a lot of world cinema product for the US market (TV shows too), but I don't suppose Tinseltown has ever remade Last Tango. One or two themes may have been borrowed, naturally. Plenty of people, busybodies, get fixated on the butter scene, and actress Maria Schneider boosted the controversy in later years, claiming, rather incoherently, that it was a surprise, or part of it was, or sort of non-consensual, or a bit r*pey, etc. It's worth remembering that she is nude throughout the movie, sex scenes abound, and her character puts her hand up his a*s at one point. Ouch See more Junior S @RT39899143 Aug 22, 2026 One of the greatest movies ever made, featuring one of the greatest performances by an actor, Marlon Brando, and probably his personal best. Bertolucci achieves masterpiece level cinema in direction, camera movement, and especially framing ;filled with beautiful cinematography. The movie features an unlikely and carnally opportune relationship, seemingly arranged by the whim of the stars and the caprice of human sexuality. The relationship between Brando and Schneider, unique in its arrangement, is meant to strip all convention and pretense, leaving it raw, bare. Somehow this makes it more true, more honest. In this way, their self abasement is no longer abasement, it’s a living out of the most real feeling, the most real impulses. When Brando, the orchestrator of the arrangement, begins to change, to fall back into convention—-another more easy truth—-the movie ends the only way it can. Are the final words spoken by Schneider a defense? An attempt to convince? Or a prayer. See more Daniela V @dbarx24 Jul 9, 2026 Last Tango in Paris is one of cinema's most controversial films, not only because of its explicit content but also because of the ethical discussions surrounding its production. Beyond the controversy, it is an intimate character study of grief, emotional isolation, and self-destruction. Marlon Brando delivers a deeply vulnerable performance, though the film's legacy is inevitably overshadowed by the well-documented abuse suffered by actress Maria Schneider during filming. It remains historically significant, but also impossible to separate from the circumstances under which it was made. See more Alec B @Alec97 May 8, 2026 This has been noted by many others but the question that looms large here is whether or not we can divorce our sexual desires from ourselves. The aparment space shared by Paul and Jeanne is something of a nebulous zone with items of furniture but no sense of life or living. Paul insists on "no names" but of course these rules about having no connection to the outside world almost immediately fall apart. Its a fantasy, this idea that sex could be something separate and compartmentalized. Its part of who we are. It's crucial that Paul is experiencing a serious crisis in his real life and that Jeanne is just beginning to explore what it means to be an adult when they become entangled. In a way its a very old story and one that still plays out today. If anything keeps this out of masterpiece territory, its Brando's admittedly uneven performance (although he nails those final moments) and the unfair distribution of full frontal nudity. See more Read all reviews

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