Synopsis Of The Movie 'Fast Brando In Birds' By Bernardo Bertolucci

LAST TANGO IN PARIS
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci’s
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro
Writer(s): Bernardo Bertolucci Franco Arcalli Agnes Varda
Editor(s): Franco Arcalli Roberto Perpignani
Soundtrack Composer: Gato Barbieri

Lead Performers……………………..Characters’ Name
Marlon Brando………………………..Paul
Maria Schneider………………………Jeanne

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Nov. 3, 2010 1 Marlon Brando dominates the screen as the confused, angered, and scared character of Paul, in Bernardo Bertolucci’s film LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972). Paul is an American trying to recover from the death of his French prostitute wife. Although he resents her for what she has
In many scenes of the first act of the film, the audience is unable to look at Paul’s face completely due to the overwhelming presence of shadows. For example, when Jeanne goes up to the apartment for the first time she is startled by Paul sitting alone in an empty room in the dark. He is unsure of who he is at this point in his life, if he doesn’t know that, then how or why should anyone else. Shadows are a great way to portray this to an audience because they are only limited to how much they can see of
An uneasy feeling takes over, and something odd is going to occur. The second scene is the scene in the Tango hall, with mirrors lining up the walls inside, the feeling of something unknown returns. Of course, by the end of the film Paul has completely changed, and wants to start a new life with Jeanne, but he has only become obsessed with her and chases her down the streets of Paris. What makes this so powerful is that the audience is left thinking whether he is the same way he as the entire film or is he actually the person he sees in the mirror at the