(Yahoo’s headline said, “Bertolucci admits infamous Last Tango ‘butter’ rape scene was non-consensual.” Time tweeted, “‘Last Tango in Paris’ director admits controversial butter rape scene was really rape.”) The issue erupted over the weekend after a YouTube user posted Bertolucci’s 2013 Cinematèque Francais interview, and several news outlets ran headlines that some interpreted to mean Brando had raped Schneider as the cameras rolled. The only novelty was the idea of the butter.” That is false!”īertolucci added, “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. That is where the misunderstanding lies,” the statement continued. “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.”Īlso Read: No, 'Last Tango in Paris' Director Did Not Say Marlon Brando Committed Rape “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 Italian filmmaker said in a statement Monday. “Several years ago at the Cinematèque Francais someone asked me for details on the famous butter scene. In the scene in the 1972 film, Brando’s character rapes Schneider’s while using butter as a lubricant. “Last Tango in Paris” director Bernardo Bertolucci has called the outcry over a rape scene between stars Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider a “ridiculous misunderstanding.”
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