Maria Schneider and Last Tango in Paris..

 

 

"This scene becomes your cross to bear. For your entire life you will have to endure unsavoury jokes and cruel pranks. Once, in a restaurant, a waiter asks with an obnoxious wink if you’d like some butter. On an airplane, a flight attendant puts a pat of butter on your plate when you haven’t asked for any. Without your permission, a dairy manufacturer puts your picture on their labels. In Rome, where you are filming René Clément’s Wanted: Babysitter, you’re insulted on the street. More than once you are physically attacked. Faced with this incredible psychological violence, you hide your pain behind a forced laugh and respond with a quip: “I only cook with olive oil.”"

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