Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose films include “Last Tango In Paris” and “1900”, died on Monday aged 77.
Considered one of the giants of world cinema, Bertolucci was the only Italian ever to win the Oscar for best film, snapping up the award in 1988 for “The Last Emperor.”
He had gained notoriety for his 1972 erotic drama “Last Tango In Paris” starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, which featured a controversial sex scene involving butter.
The filmmaker died at his home in Rome early on Monday, his press office Punto e Virgola said in an email.
He had been wheelchair-bound for several years because of back problems.
– Nine Oscars for one film –
Bertolucci’s biographical masterpiece about the last Chinese emperor won a total of nine Oscars, all of those for which it…
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