Last Tango in Paris...did I miss something?

[TreacherousCretin]

@jtgain

I’ll admit that I wasn’t alive in 1972 and maybe I missed a deeper meaning to the film. What was that deeper meaning? I don’t see it and am left with the opinion that it was a terrible, terrible movie that simply got famous because of the raunchy sex scenes. Anyone disagree?

I was 22 in 1972 and that is exactly what I thought of it.

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[TreacherousCretin]

@Ellis_Aponte_Jr

It might be noted that in real life Brando had three children with a woman about 35 years his junior in the late '80s/'90s when he was a considerably larger man.

And considerably wealthier. And famous. Unlike his character in Last Tango.

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[dropzone]

@jtgain

Last Tango in Paris…did I miss something?

No, the movie blew chunks. Next question?

[Two_Many_Cats]

@Little_Nemo

I don’t see that. Brando was not an old fat slob in real life at that point so it would have to have been part of his character. Where did you get that in the movie? If anything, the fact that Brando convinced a younger woman to go to bed with him like he did would indicate that his character was supposed to be seen as attractive to women.

When I saw the movie, I thought he was fat. It was that big coat he wore most of the time. Or maybe the girl was just so damn skinny.

Anyway, why complain? If Brando played convincingly fat when he wasn’t, doesn’t that just prove his remarkable talent?

[bouv]

Jerry: So you didn’t get to see Last Tango in Paris?
George: No…
Jerry: Too bad, it was erotic!

[Quimby]

I have never seen the movie but I have heard and read some people say that the story is actually about a gay relationship but the younger character was changed to a woman to make the story an easier sell.

[Little_Nemo]

@Quimby

I have never seen the movie but I have heard and read some people say that the story is actually about a gay relationship but the younger character was changed to a woman to make the story an easier sell.

I have a hard time seeing that. It would have been a radical change in the story, essentially turning it into a movie about Paul discovering he was gay rather than a movie about the nature of relationships.

[needscoffee]

@Quimby

I have never seen the movie but I have heard and read some people say that the story is actually about a gay relationship but the younger character was changed to a woman to make the story an easier sell.

I heard that too a long time ago, but I haven’t been able to find anything that supports this. I thought the story made a bit more sense had the younger character been closeted/suppressed gay though engaged to a woman. The changing nature of his relationship with Paul at the end would have been better motivation to kill Paul than Jeanne’s so-called motivation. As far as Paul goes, Paul seemed self-loathing, and was looking for an anonymous relationship, and this would have fit along those lines. Even if this alternate storyline is not based on anything, I still like it more.

[Two_Many_Cats]

@Quimby

I have never seen the movie but I have heard and read some people say that the story is actually about a gay relationship but the younger character was changed to a woman to make the story an easier sell.

Someone’s reading too much into the butter.

[woodrowjween]

Showed it in our dorm back in the late 70s. Didn’t get much from it then. Maria Schneider was cute. Still keep thinking of John Belushi on SNL in “Dualing Brandos” with “Pass the butter”.

[Evil_Captor]

A) It is an art house film, and follows the rule that in any art house film that contains sex/nudity, the story/characters have to be depressing enough to suck all the joy out of it.

B) Also, it’s French!

C) Even if Brando was in reasonable shape back then, Maria Schneider was about the hottest thing on two legs at the time. I don’t know if ANYONE was in her league, certainly, Brando was not even close.

[pseudotriton_ruber_ruber]

@Evil_Captor

Maria Schneider was about the hottest thing on two legs.

She had legs? Didn’t notice.

[gaffa]

@Evil_Captor

A) It is an art house film, and follows the rule that in any art house film that contains sex/nudity, the story/characters have to be depressing enough to suck all the joy out of it.

Shockingly that doesn’t really apply to Shortbus. Lot of drama, but ultimately most of the characters wind up OK.

[handsomeharry]

@Ellis_Aponte_Jr

It might be noted that in real life Brando had three children with a woman about 35 years his junior in the late '80s/'90s when he was a considerably larger man.

Whatever do women see in these millionaires?
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[TV_time]

You know what they say, “Everything goes better with Blue Bonnet on it.”

…sorry.