For Bernardo Bertolucci, the hype over 'Last Tango In Paris' both defined and sidetracked his career

For Bernardo Bertolucci, there was before "Last Tango in Paris" and after "Last Tango in Paris."

Before "Last Tango," Bertolucci, who died in Rome on Monday at age 77, was an admired director of Italian art films whose collaboration with wizardly cinematographer Vittorio Storaro on 1970's hypnotic, visually sensual "The Conformist" made him a cinematic stylist to conjure with.

Two years later came "Last Tango in Paris," which as an English-language film with major