Last Tango in Paris

The original title of the film is Ultimo tango a Parigi.

A very scandalous film at the time.

A scandalous at its time.

Wow, where to start? I know it's difficult to watch something almost a half century after it came out and appreciate it for what it was. That said, the appreciation for this film baffles me. First and foremost, I thought that it was rather corny. Over this years this film had become symbolic of a film that was rebellious and shocking and I can say that I found it to be neither (A Clockwork Orange it is not). It also has a reputation as being erotic but I think that might be the result of the era in which it was released.

We've all seen movies about two damaged people that were damaged and crossed paths for a brief time. In recent years Leaving Las Vegas was probably the best example of this. Hell, I don't even know if the female character was damaged. I think she was just bored and had a bit of a daddy complex. That brings me to my first major complaint about the movie - the story of her and her boyfriend (almost half of the movie) was completely awful. Really, what was that about? At its core the anonymous encounters between the two leads was interesting for a while. The resolution to their relationship was not unexpected and in a way it almost seemed anticlimactic. I think that the best thing that can be said about this film is that in a way Paul may have been playing Brando.

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The clue is in the jazz.

A woman was actually raped during the shooting of this movie, in a sort of ~artistic plot~ between the director and the actor who did it. It went public, you can even see interviews about it. I don't give a rats ass about your art, they should have been in jail for that. Also, none of the involved deserve to be prestiged so yeah, all that hype about Bertolucci does not stick with me.