Ultimo tango a Parigi
Directed by:
Bernardo BertolucciCinematography:
Vittorio StoraroComposer:
Gato BarbieriCast:
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Catherine Breillat, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine Allégret, Massimo Girotti (more)VOD (2)
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He (Brando) is a 45-year old American living in Paris, haunted by his wife's suicide. She (Maria Schneider, Jane Eyre) is a 20-year-old Parisian beauty engaged to a young filmmaker. Though nameless to each other, these tortured souls come together to satisfy their sexual cravings in an apartment as bare as their dark, tragic lives. Caught up in the frenzied beat of a carnal dance they cannot seem to stop, these unlikely lovers take their passion to erotic heightsand depthsbeyond anything they could ever have imagined. (official distributor synopsis)
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Brando is brilliant, and the same can be said about some passages (the monologue with the dead wife, for example), but at times the film drags unnecessarily.
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Last Tango in Paris is one of the favorite polarizing films that always reveal whether you're going to be a young cinephile or not. So until you're in your twenties, just keep watching, add Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom and Freaks and you'll feel like a revolutionary rebellious intellectual. Then you realize that the same story repeats itself every generation, but that doesn't matter. The bottom line is that butter is not a good enough lubricant.
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A film that is unequivocally ruled by Marlon Brando, which in his case seems unbelievably effortless. However, he was simply able to fully embody any role. And yes, even today, it is a highly controversial film, and the scene with butter is unforgettable, because it is not only important what is happening, but also what is sprinkled.
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