Editing Last Tango in Paris (section)

=== Brando's lines ===
As was his practice in previous films, Brando refused to memorize his lines for many of the scenes. Instead, he wrote his lines on [[cue cards]] and posted them around the set, leaving Bertolucci with the problem of keeping them out of the picture frame. During his long monologue over the body of his wife, for example, Brando's dramatic lifting of his eyes upward is not spontaneous dramatic acting but a search for his next cue card.<ref name="SelfPortrait">{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903717,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429021823/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903717,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 April 2007 |title=Self-Portrait of an Angel and Monster |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]  |location=New York City |date=22 January 1973 |access-date=29 July 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Brando asked Bertolucci if he could "write lines on Maria's rear end", which the director rejected.<ref name="The Hottest Movie"/>