“Because I wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress. “I’d been in a way horrible to Maria because I didn’t tell her what was going on,” Bertolucci said. The issue arose again after his death this week.Īlso Read: Taron Egerton's 'Robin Hood' 'Struts and Pouts' Through 'Dumb,' 'Goofy Train Wreck,' Critics Say New York Magazine said in a statement to TheWrap: “We take David at his word that he was not aware of Maria Schneider’s comments about the making of ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ but we’re reviewing the matter internally.”Įdelstein’s lack of awareness may seem surprising to those who remember the furor that erupted in December 2016 when Bertolucci’s remarks about the scene in a 2013 interview resurfaced. “I now realize the joke was in poor taste and have removed it, and apologize for the remark,” he wrote.
We appreciate the apology David posted, but we have decided to end ‘Fresh Air’s association with him, and have informed David accordingly.”Įdelstein wrote that he “was not aware of” Schneider’s experience on the film. NPR said in a statement that the joke was “offensive and unacceptable, especially given actress Maria Schneider’s experience during the filming of ‘Last Tango in Paris.’ The post does not meet the standards that we expect from ‘Fresh Air’ contributors, or from journalists associated with WHYY or NPR. As a woman, I am horrified, disgusted and enraged by it.NPR has fired film critic David Edelstein because of a joke he made after Bernardo Bertolucci’s death that alluded to a much-discussed rape scene in the director’s film “Last Tango in Paris.”Įdelstein, a critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air,” wrote on Facebook, “Even grief is better with butter,” along with an image of a scene in the film in which Marlon Brando’s character rapes Maria Schneider’s character using butter as a lubricant.Įdelstein, who is also a critic for New York Magazine, apologized after the post Tuesday, saying he did not know of Schneider’s widely reported comments in 2007 that the scene left her feeling “a little bit raped.”Īlso Read: 'Last Tango in Paris' Director Calls Rape Outcry 'Ridiculous Misunderstanding' I will never look at this film, Bertolucci or Brando the same way again. To all the people that love this film- you're watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man. Then she hated me for all of her life,” he added.Īctors and celebrity social media users reacted angrily with many dubbing it as 19-year-old being raped by a 46-year-old actor. I didn’t want Maria to act her humiliation, her rage, I wanted Maria to feel… the rage and humilation. To obtain something I think you have to be completely free. I think she hated me and also Marlon because we didn’t tell her. He said that he did not regret his decision but was sorry particularly because the actor later died of cancer. In the infamous scene, Marlon uses a stick of butter as a lubricant to rape Schneider’s character Jeanne.īertolucci said, “”The sequence of the butter is an idea that I had with Marlon in the morning before shooting,” In the video, Bertolucci is seen admitting that the rape scene using butter as lubricant with star Maria Schneider was never consensual.Īt the time of the shooting, actor Marlon Brando was 46, while Maria was just 19.īertolucci said that he and Marlon had secretly conspired to shoot the rape scene without Maria’s knowledge because he wanted his lead female actor to feel the humiliation and not act it. A new video of Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci making sensational confession about the infamous rape scene has now gone viral.
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