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Perversely Beautiful, but at what Cost?
SIngli6 - wrote on 05/06/2013
There's much to admire about this progenitor of the 'Euroshlock' genre, with its lovely, musky oil-painting look and emotionally raw screenplay. Its frank depiction of a sordid sex affair (to call it a 'love affair' would be a bit of a stretch) between middle-aged Marlon Brando (who gives quite possibly his greatest performance ever here) and young Maria Schneider is contrasted with a grand, operatic presentation that mockingly frames the whole situation as romantic. The film presents a paradox with the allure of its affair versus the repugnance of it. It is an electrifying paradox, though a little nauseating. Indeed, Last Tango revels in bodily fluids and primitive ideas of sexual consent, and viewers should be warned that a particularly unpleasant sexual encounter involving butter may …
