A still from The Birds, Image via Museum of Modern Art
The controversial film Last Tango in Paris features a now infamous scene where 48-year-old Marlon Brando’s character Paul anally rapes Jeanne, played by a 19-year-old Maria Schneider, using a fingerful of butter.
The film, which was denounced as obscene and banned in many countries, made headlines in recent days after a 2013 interview surfaced in which Bertolucci said neither he nor Marlon Brando had told Schneider of their plans to use the butter during the scene.
