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Herrmann's Perfume
29 October 2011 8:00 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Above: Portrait of Bernard Herrmann circa 1966. Courtesy Photofest.
A couple weeks ago I was talking to Notebook contributor Paul Clipson, who was in town to show some of his films at the New York Film Festival's Views from the Avant-Garde, about—what else?—film soundtracks. One of our favorite composers came up, John Barry, and the pleasure of his interstitial music for the James Bond films—not the main themes or title music, but just the little melodies and tones used to help the films express something in less direct moments. Paul had a wonderful phrase for this, a kind of "perfume," soundtrack music that despite its brevity and perhaps simplicity casts a lingering sense, an aural sense, a flavor, a suggestive, almost secretive and sidelong tone of atmosphere and emotion.
I immediately thought of my favorite interstitial piece by Bernard Herrmann, who is getting a retrospective at New York's »
A look back at Louis Malle’s Masterpiece ‘Murmur of the Heart’
2 April 2011 9:27 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Murmur of the Heart (Le souffle au coeur)
Directed by Louis Malle
France, 1971
Louis Malle’s first narrative feature-film was 1958′s Elevator to the Gallows. A jazzy, contribution to the late-noir period it placed Malle conveniently between the too-cool gangster pictures of Jean-Pierre Melville and the too-cool New Wave pictures of Jean-Luc Godard. Instead of continuing on this predetermined track, Malle took a left turn, and then another one. His refusal to be categorized is reminiscent of the varied work of an earlier auteur, the great John Huston.
After adding comedies, documentaries, and stark dramas to his repertoire, Malle turned to the film that, alongside 1974′s Lacombe, Lucien and 1987′s Au Revoir Les Enfants, would establish his reputation as a personal filmmaker, Murmur of the Heart.
Similar to Francois Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel films, Malle takes a look back at his childhood in a coming-of-age film that manages to be gentle, »
- Neal Dhand
Paramount Making Kid-Friendly Version of ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’
9 February 2011 8:30 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Alfred Hitchcock's film The Man Who Knew Too Much has been remade already (by Hitchcock) and parodied and/or referenced many more times. (See Bill Murray's The Man Who Knew Too Little.) So why not one more? Last fall there was a report that Paramount was developing a kid-centered remake of the film, and now that seems to be moving forward. Much in the way that Disturbia took the Rear Window formula and oriented it for teen audiences, The Kid Who Knew Too Much would take the basic setup from Hitchcock's two films and set it up so that rather than having a couple investigating a scenario that leads to their child being kidnapped, we'd see a kid looking for his stolen parents. John and Jez Butterworth are writing the script, but there is no cast or director at this point. (How has this title never yet been used? »
- Russ Fischer
Last Tango In Paris Star Maria Schneider Dead at 58
4 February 2011 3:14 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
She was just 19 when she starred in that movie. In her later years, Maria Schneider expressed regret about appearing in the film, saying ‘I felt a little raped’ by costar Marlon Brando and director Bernardo Bertolucci. She was especially good opposite Jack Nicholson in The Passenger (1975) for director Michelangelo Antonioni, but her career never went much further.
From The Los Angeles Times:
Maria Schneider, the French actress who appeared opposite Marlon Brando in “Last Tango in Paris,” the 1972 movie whose strong sexual content stirred international controversy, has died. She was 58.
Schneider died in Paris on Thursday after a long illness, her family told Agence France Presse.
She was a voluptuous, 19-year-old newcomer with long curly brown hair framing a youthful face when she was cast in writer-director Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris,” in which she played a young engaged Parisian woman who is looking for an apartment to rent. »
- Tom Stockman
Maria Schneider, "Last Tango In Paris" Star, Dead At 58
4 February 2011 9:59 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By Lee Pfeiffer
Maria Schneider, who rose to fame in 1972 with her performance in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris, has died after a long illness at age 58. The French actress was plucked from obscurity to be the female lead in the acclaimed film starring Marlon Brando, who portrayed a middle-aged American ex-pat living in Paris who tries to cope with his wife's suicide through anonymous sexual encounters with a young woman. The film raised eyebrows because of its envelope-pushing sex scenes. The movie was banned in some countries but did net Oscar nominations for Brando and Bertolucci. Schneider was "discovered" by Warren Beatty who helped her get into the film business. The daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin, she had a troubled youth. Following the success of Tango, she fell into dependency on drugs, which wreaked havoc on her life and career. She only made one other notable film, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Last Tango In Paris actress Maria Schneider dies at 58
3 February 2011 10:29 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
French actress Maria Schneider has died in Paris at the age of 58 after a long illness on Thursday. She was best known as Marlon Brando's co-star in the 1972 controversial film "Last Tango in Paris."
Born Maria Christine Gelin to French actor Daniel Gelin and Marie-Christine Schneider in 1972 in Paris, Schneider was only 19 when she was cast opposite Brando, who 48 at that time, in Bernardo Bertolucci's film.
She played a young engaged Parisian woman who embarks on a passionate affair with a recently widowed American businessman.
The film gathered a lot of controversy because it featured a lot of nudity and a sodomy scene that infamously used butter as lubricant.
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Maria Schneider Pt. 3: Memoirs Of A French Whore, A Woman Like Eve
3 February 2011 8:46 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Joe Dallesandro, Maria Schneider in Jacques Rivette's Merry-Go-Round (Photo: Des Filles des Garçons) Maria Schneider Obit Pt.2: Ingmar Bergman – Last Tango In Paris "About Homosexuals" In fact, bouts of mental illness and drug addiction, and even a suicide attempt — Daniel Gélin had similar problems in his life — helped to prevent Schneider from forging ahead professionally. Compounding matters, she also feared being typecast as a young sexpot ever ready to get naked on camera. "Never take your clothes off for a middle-aged man who claims that it's art," she would later tell the Daily Mail. Well, if Luis Buñuel asked Schneider to take her clothes off for Cet obscur objet du désir / That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), she probably should have, as that political allegory remains one of Buñuel's most fascinating works. Schneider had been cast as Fernando Rey's "object of desire," but withdrew following a nasty »
- Andre Soares
Maria Schneider Dies: Last Tango In Paris, The Passenger
3 February 2011 8:31 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris. The scandalous film was reviled by Lucille Ball, admired by Robert Altman, and reinterpreted by Ingmar Bergman Maria Schneider, best known for her sex scenes with Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1972), died of cancer earlier today in Paris. Schneider was 58. [Addendum: In a strange coincidence, Lena Nyman, the star of the controversial, sexually-charged 1967 Swedish drama I Am Curious (Yellow), died the day after Schneider. Nyman was 66.] The daughter of actor Daniel Gélin and Romanian-born French model Marie Christine Schneider (also a bookstore owner, according to some reports), Maria Schneider was born in Paris on March 27, 1952. At the time, Gélin was married to actress Danièle Delorme; as a result, Schneider was raised by her mother near the Franco-German border. Schneider fled home when she was 15, ending up in Paris where she [...] »
- Andre Soares
Maria Schneider obituary
3 February 2011 4:01 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
French actor whose youthful role in Last Tango in Paris was to dominate her career
Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1972) revolves around the spontaneous sexual chemistry between a bitter middle-aged American widower and a naive French girl about to be married. They are drawn into an entirely physical relationship, some of it involving butter, after a chance meeting in an empty Paris apartment. They know nothing about each other, not even their names. The man was played by one of the most famous and admired actors in the world, Marlon Brando. The woman, Maria Schneider, was completely unknown. For better or worse, it was the role with which Schneider, who has died of cancer aged 58, would always be associated.
According to the critic Roger Ebert: "Maria Schneider doesn't seem to act her role so much as to exude it. On the basis of this movie, indeed, it's »
- Ronald Bergan
Celebrity Death: Maria Schneider has her Last Tango in Paris?
3 February 2011 12:39 PM, PST | Green Celebrity | See recent Green Celebrity news »
Maria Schneider, famous for her role opposite Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris, has died – [Feb. 3] Celebrity actress Maria Schneider, who became famous for her role opposite star celeb and acting legend Marlon Brando in the controversial adult-themed film Last Tango in Paris, died in Paris on Thursday morning after a long battle with cancer. Maria Schneider was 58 years old. Celebrity actress Maria Schneider was 19 years old when she was selected for her role in Last Tango in Paris by famed director Bernardo Bertolucci. Acting legend Marlon Brando, 48 at the time, also starred in the adult-themed film, which gained much criticism and notoriety for its sexual content and several full-frontal nudity scenes. Despite the widespread criticism, Last Tango in Paris did receive two Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Marlon Brando) and Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci). Last Tango in Paris was the second film role at the time for young Maria Schneider, »
- Good Sports
'Last Tango In Paris' Actress Maria Schneider Dies At 58
3 February 2011 11:02 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
This week hasn't been an easy one on the movies community. Just days after we lost acclaimed composer John Barry comes word that another legend has died, French actress Maria Schneider.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Schneider passed away in Paris on Thursday following a lengthy illness. Further details aren't currently available. She was 58 when she died.
Schneider, the daughter of actor Daniel Gelin, enjoyed a film career that touched upon more than two dozen movies, most of which were in French. But it was Schneider's turn as a 19-year-old actress opposite "The Godfather" and "On The Waterfront" icon Marlon Brando in "Last Tango in Paris" that she's best remembered for.
The controversial 1972 film, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, centered on Paul, a middle-aged American man who is deeply in mourning over the suicide death of his wife. Paul travels to France and meets Jeanne, a young woman who is engaged to be married, »
- Josh Wigler
R.I.P. Maria Schneider
3 February 2011 10:13 AM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
French actress Maria Schneider, who ultimately came to disdain her most famous role as Marlon Brando's young and sexy lover in Last Tango In Paris, has died this morning after a long illness. She was 58. According to news reports, French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand called Schneider "a great artist". The daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin and a Parisian bookshop owner, Schneider was only 19 when she was cast opposite the 48-year-old Brando in 1972's Last Tango In Paris which caused controversy for its full-body sexual content. Afterwards, the actress made no secret of her dislike for having been "manipulated" into making the movie and vowed not to appear in a nude scene ever again. Although Schneider appeared opposite Jack Nicholson in The Passenger in 1975, and in Jane Eyre in 1996, her subsequent acting career consisted mostly of low-budget European films. »
- NIKKI FINKE
R.I.P. Maria Schneider
3 February 2011 8:25 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
French actress Maria Schneider has died in Paris after a long illness reports Reuters. She was 58 years old.
Daughter of late French actor Daniel Gélin and model Marie-Christine Schneider, she became internationally famous at just 20 years old when she starred alongside then 48-year-old Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci’s infamous 1972 romance "Last Tango in Paris".
Other roles include Franco Zeffirelli’s 1992 adaptation of "Jane Eyre", Jacques Rivette's "Merry-Go-Round," Dominique Goult's "Haine," Nouchka van Brakel's "A Woman Like Eve," Cyril Collard's "Savage Nights", Josiane Balasko’s "Cliente", and Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger" alongside Jack Nicholson. »
- Garth Franklin
Last Tango In Paris Star Schneider Dies
3 February 2011 8:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
French actress Maria Schneider has died at the age of 58 after a long illness.
Schneider, best known as Marlon Brando's lover in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 movie Last Tango In Paris, passed away in Paris, France on Thursday. She had been battling cancer.
The actress, whose dad was French actor Daniel Gelin, was just 19 when she was cast opposite Brando, then 48, in the romantic drama about a young Parisian woman and a middle-aged man who have an affair.
Schneider went on to star with Jack Nicholson in the existential drama The Passenger, and a string of other films including Haine and Jane Eyre. »
Last Tango In Paris Star Maria Schneider Dies in Paris
3 February 2011 7:57 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
French actress Maria Schneider, who starred opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial 1972 movie Last Tango in Paris, has died in Paris from cancer, a family member told news agency Afp. She was 58. She was the daughter of late French actor Daniel Gélin and model Marie-Christine Schneider, who raised her on her own. Maria Schenider will be buried at the famous Père-Lachaise cemetary, where Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde also rest. Maria was only 20 when she was cast opposite 48-year-old Brando. Hit the jump to read more about her career and watch the trailer of Last Tango in Paris. In 1975, she worked with another great director, Michelangelo Antonioni, starring opposite yet another Hollywood heavyweight, Jack Nicholson, in The Passenger. Although she had an international career, working in France, Germany and America – she lived in California for a few years - she chose her roles sparingly. She appeared in »
- Talia Soghomonian
Last Tango in Paris Star Maria Schneider Dies
3 February 2011 5:20 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
French actress Maria Schneider, who starred as Marlon Brando's lover in director Bernardo Bertolucci's sensational 1972 Last Tango In Paris, has died in that city, People has confirmed. She was 58 and had suffered with cancer. The daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin and a Parisien bookshop owner, Schneider was l9 when she was cast in only her second screen role opposite Brando, who was then 48. Three years later, she appeared opposite Jack Nicholson in the existential drama The Passenger. - Peter Mikelbank Photos: Tributes: The Stars We Lost This Year »
16 items from 2011
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