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Rape Scene In The Film “Last Tango In Paris” Was Not Acting According To Director Bernardo Bertolucci

EarHustle411 would say most people would agree that the act of rape is one the most heinous of crimes against a person that leaves long-lasting damaging affects.  We find the mere watching the despicable act in movies is disturbing to watch and truthfully speaking such acts should not be used or be allowed to be filmed so graphically.  Now if any one has seen the 1973 film Last Tango in Paris which starred veteran actor Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider,  there was a horrible scene known as the infamous “butter scene” in the film that depicted a rape and by the admission of the director Bernardo Bertolucci, the rape actually happened.  The director admitted the he and Brando were in cahoots together in order to get a “real life” reaction from the actress.

That’s not acting and these two should be ashamed of themselves.  Other than the sex scenes the movies was really nothing to write home about.  The reviews definitely did not garner more than 2 stars.  Marlon Brando clearly knew what he was doing.  If he were still alive he’d surely lose fans and respect and who knows even after death his reputation will suffer some tarnish.

The film industry should be outraged, we most certainly are!!

Read more as reported by the Chicago Tribune:

Rape Scene In The Film "Last Tango In Paris" Was Not Acting According To Director Bernardo Bertolucci

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Last Tango in Paris” director Bernardo Bertolucci confessed that he and Marlon Brando conspired against actress Maria Schneider during a rape scene in which the actor used a stick of butter as lubricant to simulate sex. The director addressed the non-consensual rape scene in a recently resurfaced interview from 2013.

According to Bertolucci, he and Brando agreed not to tell Schneider what would happen to her because he wanted her reaction “as a girl, not as an actress.” He said that he and Schneider, who died in 2011, never saw one another after the film because she hated him.

In the interview, Bertolucci recounts the origin of the rape scene between Brando, who was 48 at the time, and Schneider, who was 19.

“We were having, with Marlon [Brando], breakfast on the floor of the flat where I was shooting,” he said. “There was a baguette, there was butter and we looked at each other and, without saying anything, we knew what we wanted.”

He added, “I had been, in a way, horrible to Maria because I didn’t tell her what was going on.”

The director confessed that he feels guilty for not telling her about the butter, but he does not regret his decision to shoot the scene.

“I didn’t want Maria to act her humiliation, her rage,” he said. “I wanted Maria to feel, not to act, the rage and humiliation. Then she hated me for her whole life.”

Before her death, Schneider had spoken out about the scene, including in an interview with the Daily Mail in which she said, “I felt humiliated and to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci. After the scene, Marlon didn’t console me or apologize. Thankfully, there was just one take.”

Source: Chicago Tribune

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