YMMV / Last Tango in Paris

• Best Known for the Fanservice: Granted, the "fanservice" in this case would count as Squick, but the "Butter Scene" is easily the most remembered scene of the film.
• Common Knowledge: Pop culture has led to the butter scene being falsely believed to be a depiction of Maria Schneider being raped for real on camera without knowing anything about it. The scene was entirely simulated, and Word of God is that it was in the script, and it was the use of butter as a lubricant that was thought up on the day (and that he used Enforced Method Acting for that detail in particular). Maria Schneider was still forced into doing it however. The confusion came from an interview where she says she felt raped, and this led to newspapers reporting that the scene was unsimulated. The actual quote from her:
  "They only told me about it before we had to film the scene and I was so angry. I should have called my agent or had my lawyer come to the set because you can't force someone to do something that isn't in the script, but at the time, I didn't know that. Marlon said to me: 'Maria, don't worry, it's just a movie', but during the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn't real, I was crying real tears. I felt humiliated and to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci. After the scene, Marlon didn't console me or apologize. Thankfully, there was just one take."
• Harsher in Hindsight: The "butter scene" was already painful to watch, but it becomes downright unwatchable in light of the revelation that Maria Schneider was essentially tricked into appearing in the scene without her consent.
• Never Live It Down: The "Butter Scene" was not only this for Bertolucci and Maria Schneider, but for Brando as well, seeing as how he went along with the whole thing while Schneider was completely unaware of what was going on. Even Brando would come to regret his involvement in that scene, among other aspects of the film.
• No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: On the other hand, the controversy over the above mentioned scene, along with the other sex scenes and the behind-the-scenes treatment of the main leads, didn't stop the film from being a critical success.
• Overshadowed by Controversy:
  • The sex scenes and subject matter got it banned in certain countries.
  • Many people hated its treatment of actors, Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando, by the film's director, Bernardo Bertolucci. Schneider said that making the film was her life's only regret, that it "ruined her life", and that she considers Bertolucci a "gangster and a pimp". In 2011, Bertolucci denied that he "stole her youth" (she was 19 at the time of filming), and commented, "The girl wasn't mature enough to understand what was going on." Schneider remained friends with Brando until his death, but never made up with Bertolucci. She also claimed that Brando and Bertolucci "made a fortune" from the film while she made very little money. Brando said to Bertolucci at the time, "I was completely and utterly violated by you. I will never make another film like that". Brando refused to speak to Bertolucci for 15 years after the production was completed. Much like Schneider, Brando later said he "felt raped and manipulated" by the film.
• Squick:
  • The aforementioned "Butter Scene".
  • There's also the fact that Schneider was only 19 at the time of filming, while Brando was in his late 40s.
• The Woobie: Jeanne; she's in two relationships and neither seems particularly good for her. Hell, in a meta-example, her actress also counts, considering her... let's just say extreme displeasure in making the film.

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