Marlon Brando temporarily prepared most of his own lines for the film because he felt that many of the lines in the script were not to his appetite.
During the filming, Bernardo Bertolucci tried to explain clearly the role of Marlon Brando in the film, suggesting that his role was Bertolucci’s "adult time", the "Maria Struned" "The role of "used to be his "dream lover". Brando later said that he didn't know what Bertolucci was talking about, he didn't understand at all.
The movie originated from Bernardo Bertolucci’s own sexual fantasies, saying that he once dreamed of seeing an unknown beautiful woman on the street and making love to her without even knowing who she was.
Originally, Argentine tango composer Estor Piazzola was appointed as the composer for the film, and he gave the work samples to the director Bernardo Bertolucci. Bertolucci later switched to the famous jazz musician Gaut Barbily as the composer of the film. He believes that Gaut's saxophone performance will make the film a richer and more intense feeling.
About ten years after the initial release, the film was re-released by United American in 1982, rated as R instead of the infamous X level when it was released in 1972. This version is only a few minutes shorter than the director's cut version.
The initial screening version of the film lasted more than 4 hours.
When the film was released in Europe, Bernardo Bertolucci, Albert Gimadi, Marlon Brando, and Maria Struneide were all sued by a court in Bologna, Italy, on the grounds It was the "proneness of pornographic description" that was involved in the movies they made. They were soon declared innocent. Since then, Bertolucci has only temporarily lost his referendum rights.
Jean-Pierre Leoard admired Marlon Prynne so much that he was afraid to see him. This is why all his scenes were shot on Saturday, because Brando never starts work on this day. Because of this, the two have never seen each other during the entire film production.
When Brando arrived on the set on the first day, Bertolucci described the makeup on his face as "two centimeters thick." Brando used his own makeup, and didn't know that photographer Vittori Storaro planned to make the movie like this under natural, low-vision light conditions. Bertolucci had to use a handkerchief to wipe off most of the makeup on Brando's face.
Someone told Bertolucci that Ingmar Bergman said that the only thing the movie had to say was that it was about two homosexuals. Bertolucci responded that he accepts all criticisms of his films and is useful.
According to Maria Strunader, the "Butter" scene is not in the script, it is an improvisation by Marlon Brando at the last minute. Bertolucci didn't blame him either. Although the performance of the sodomy was fake, the real scene of her tears in the film clearly recorded how shocked she was at the time.
