Not the violence that she is subjected to in the scene, which was written in the screenplay. And that, as I learned many years later, offended Maria. The only novelty was the idea of the butter. That is false! Maria knew everything because she had read the script, where it was all described. 'Somebody thought, and thinks, that Maria had not been informed about the violence on her. Much of the outrage was directed at the fact Schneider did not know there would be a rape scene, but Bertolucci said that wasn't the case.

That is where the misunderstanding lies.' We wanted her spontaneous reaction to that improper use. I specified, but perhaps I was not clear, that I decided with Marlon Brando not to inform Maria that we would have used butter. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg) Going to Dinner Crosscutting. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci) Go Get the Butter 2. 'Several years ago at the Cinemathèque Francaise someone asked me for details on the famous 'butter scene'. The full list is here, but the top ten are as follows: 1. 'I would like, for the last time, to clear up a ridiculous misunderstanding that continues to generate press reports about Last Tango in Paris around the world,' the director said in the statement, released in Italian and reported by Variety.

Director of Last Tango in Paris admits the film's rape scene was non-consensual.

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