Maria Schneider RIP

   Maria Schneider died Thursday in Paris at the age of 58.  She was female lead opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's X-rated "Last Tango in Paris" which was an iconic film in 1972 that served to illustrate the tension between the old avant garde and the emerging concerns about sexual exploitation. It was groundbreaking in its depiction of sexuality in mainstream cinema but shocked feminist sensibilities with what could only be perceived as the sexual fantasies of a dirty old man - the aging film icon Marlon Brando... Gato Barbieri provided a riveting sax driven tango flavored soundtrack that gave him exposure beyond the jazz world and also gave a wider audience to Francis Bacon's erotic paintings...