![]() ![]() However, it was decided that the problematic sex scene could be reduced in duration without any serious damage. Ultimately the BBFC decided that the explicit dialogue could remain because it could not be easily removed without damaging an important part of the film. The BBFC's concerns centred around two scenes - one involving some very explicit sexual dialogue and one involving an explicit scene in which the two characters employ butter as a sexual lubricant. The New York screening was followed by several lurid and inaccurate articles in the British tabloids, claiming that the film contained 'a series of blistering sequences guaranteed to knock the bottom out of the backstreet porno market'. It had already caused controversy at the New York Film Festival in October 1972 but had also received critical acclaim as a serious and important film. Bernardo Bertolucci's story about a purely physical relationship between two characters who meet in Paris (played by Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider) was submitted to the BBFC at the end of 1972. ![]()
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