Comments on: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider: LAST TANGO IN PARIS Butter Sex Scene Offensively Ridiculous http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Wed, 23 May 2012 21:39:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: SM http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-527423 SM Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:13:44 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-527423 Well that was crap and pretty rapey if you ask me! Well that was crap and pretty rapey if you ask me!

]]> By: Marco http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-521470 Marco Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:12:21 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-521470 Striptease ? Showgirls ? Nine 1/2 weeks ? Striptease ? Showgirls ? Nine 1/2 weeks ?

]]> By: santhosh http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-521174 santhosh Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:28:15 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-521174 can u people say me the sexiest hollywood movie ever in hollywood? can u people say me the sexiest hollywood movie ever in hollywood?

]]> By: Nancy http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-517489 Nancy Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:05:42 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-517489 I think Paul is a murderer. He kills his wife after finding out that she betrayed him with Marcel and makes it look like a suicide. Then, coincidentally finds an apartment and a young, attractive and rather nieve woman with whom he has a sexual relationship. Jeanne is a beautiful, young woman without a clue as to who she is and what life is about. Her being an orphan only reiterates the fact that she is estranged not only to her friends and family but disconnected to reality. I agree that the two never actually make love but rather use sex to find solace. Sex is indeed a mechanism - to connect themselves to something in a way each has cannot in their "real" lives. I think Paul is a murderer. He kills his wife after finding out that she betrayed him with Marcel and makes it look like a suicide. Then, coincidentally finds an apartment and a young, attractive and rather nieve woman with whom he has a sexual relationship. Jeanne is a beautiful, young woman without a clue as to who she is and what life is about. Her being an orphan only reiterates the fact that she is estranged not only to her friends and family but disconnected to reality. I agree that the two never actually make love but rather use sex to find solace. Sex is indeed a mechanism – to connect themselves to something in a way each has cannot in their “real” lives.

]]> By: Nathan Donarum http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-516424 Nathan Donarum Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:38:01 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-516424 I just watched Last Tango in Paris for the first time, and found it to be (although far from perfect), a truly emotionally draining experience. That one notorious "butter sex" scene has, I think, clouded what is otherwise a mostly haunting meditation on love, loss, and what it means to be human. How do we deal with grief? How do we deal with the loss of someone we loved? Paul is a man who I think doesn't truly know how to deal with any of that. He uses Jeanne as a catalyst to express his anger, sadness, grief and pain. Is it fair to her? No, it's not. But it's understandable on a basely emotional level. Let's just take one other scene that is much more important than the "butter sex" scene, but much less talked about - the scene in which Paul confronts his dead wife. Look at the anger he at first expresses to her. He blames her for his pain, and he claims she never truly loved him. His anger toward her reaches a boiling point that to me so clearly translates to the way he acts toward Jeanne. His eventual breakdown in tears and expression of love for her makes it more understandable why he finally decides he wants Jeanne in his life as more than just a "thing". It makes the ending all the more tragic. He has so much pent up emotion that he doesn't know how to express, that he has no idea how to understand. The way he expresses it is through the most visceral of actions: sex. When looking through this lens, I believe the "butter sex" scene becomes no less shocking than the first time Paul has sex with Jeanne, which is bordering on "rape". I think Roger Ebert is right when he claims the two characters never actually "made love". Sex is a mechanism here, and Paul uses it as a tool to exploit emotions he can't grapple with. When he is lost emotionally and psychologically, he has but the physical to retreat to. I don't believe the film is perfect, but it has more merit than not, and I think if one is willing, it offers some glimpses of some truly human emotions. I just watched Last Tango in Paris for the first time, and found it to be (although far from perfect), a truly emotionally draining experience. That one notorious “butter sex” scene has, I think, clouded what is otherwise a mostly haunting meditation on love, loss, and what it means to be human. How do we deal with grief? How do we deal with the loss of someone we loved? Paul is a man who I think doesn’t truly know how to deal with any of that. He uses Jeanne as a catalyst to express his anger, sadness, grief and pain. Is it fair to her? No, it’s not. But it’s understandable on a basely emotional level. Let’s just take one other scene that is much more important than the “butter sex” scene, but much less talked about – the scene in which Paul confronts his dead wife. Look at the anger he at first expresses to her. He blames her for his pain, and he claims she never truly loved him. His anger toward her reaches a boiling point that to me so clearly translates to the way he acts toward Jeanne. His eventual breakdown in tears and expression of love for her makes it more understandable why he finally decides he wants Jeanne in his life as more than just a “thing”. It makes the ending all the more tragic. He has so much pent up emotion that he doesn’t know how to express, that he has no idea how to understand. The way he expresses it is through the most visceral of actions: sex. When looking through this lens, I believe the “butter sex” scene becomes no less shocking than the first time Paul has sex with Jeanne, which is bordering on “rape”. I think Roger Ebert is right when he claims the two characters never actually “made love”. Sex is a mechanism here, and Paul uses it as a tool to exploit emotions he can’t grapple with. When he is lost emotionally and psychologically, he has but the physical to retreat to.

I don’t believe the film is perfect, but it has more merit than not, and I think if one is willing, it offers some glimpses of some truly human emotions.

]]> By: Andre http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-515005 Andre Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:09:33 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-515005 I'm sure it created a stir when it came out, but I don't know how "explicit" it was as I haven't watched it. But that came out in '74 in Italy. (Two years after "Last Tango.") I believe it was shown in the US the following year. Need to look into that. I’m sure it created a stir when it came out, but I don’t know how “explicit” it was as I haven’t watched it.
But that came out in ’74 in Italy. (Two years after “Last Tango.”)
I believe it was shown in the US the following year. Need to look into that.

]]> By: rick http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-514989 rick Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:13:54 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-514989 what about Swept Away? with Gianncarlo Gianini? what about Swept Away? with Gianncarlo Gianini?

]]> By: Andre http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-514660 Andre Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:53:18 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-514660 I know. Freakish and sad. She was quite young. Only 66. I know. Freakish and sad. She was quite young. Only 66.

]]> By: Scuromondo http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-514659 Scuromondo Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:29:10 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-514659 Andre: How uncanny that you should happen to mention "I Am Curious Yellow" in your response to my post last week, just hours before the death of Lena Nyman this weekend. Andre:

How uncanny that you should happen to mention “I Am Curious Yellow” in your response to my post last week, just hours before the death of Lena Nyman this weekend.

]]> By: Andre http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comment-514555 Andre Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:46:20 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206#comment-514555 Scuromondo, Addendum: Lena Nyman, who starred in "I Am Curious (Yellow)" has died. She was 66. http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lena-nyman-i-am-curious-yellow-pornography/ Scuromondo,

Addendum: Lena Nyman, who starred in “I Am Curious (Yellow)” has died. She was 66.

http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lena-nyman-i-am-curious-yellow-pornography/

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