LAST TANGO IN PARIS directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (France/Italy, 1972).
Paul finds religion as he shows Jeanne another use for household butter.
Pauline Kael is a critic I admire but I have to agree to differ with her hyperbolic assessment of Bertolucci’s notorious movie as a masterpiece on a par with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
This is a film that I would defend but don’t particularly like. Its power to shock means that is as controversial now as when it was made. Continue reading
