4/3/2023 0 Comments Last tango in paris![]() ![]() The conversation forever altered whatever I had thought about Last Tango. Equally enchanting was the discovery that she came with her Italian girlfriend of many years. I had the honor of finally meeting Maria in Paris where she was the guest of honor at Créteil Films de Femmes in 2001. What I remember most of all was that “Jeanne” shot “Paul” (Marlon Brando) after a couple of hours of onscreen film abuse and that it was self-defense. The emerging star Maria Schneider had made her world debut. The police stormed the California screening where I first saw the film and had snuck in underage. The line snaked up to the little Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche alley. ![]() ![]() I saw Last Tango in Paris (1972) the second time at a small theatre on Rue de La Huchette in “quartier Latin” near Notre Dame. Why is everyone listening to him now and not her-for years? Why is this film still considered her “downfall” when she went on to make over 40 films? Maria got over Last Tango but those who never bothered to hear her own words about the experience would rather be shocked by Bertolucci’s rationalization. Maria has always maintained that she was mistreated on the set. ![]()
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