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| Director: | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Studio: | Criterion |
| Producer: | John Daly, Jeremy Thomas, Joyce Herlihy, Franco Giovale |
| Writer: | Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, Enzo Ungari, Henry Pu-yi |
| Rating: | 6 |
| Rated: | R |
| Date Added: | 2014-12-18 |
| UPC: | 715515033725 |
| Price: | $39.95 |
| Awards: | Won 9 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 12 nominations |
| Genre: | Drama, Biography, History |
| Release: | 2009-01-06 |
| IMDb: | 0093389 |
| Location: | BR0145 |
| Duration: | 164 |
| Picture Format: | Widescreen |
| Aspect Ratio: | 2.20:1 |
| Sound: | DTS Surround Sound |
| Languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Features: | All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
* - Audio commentary featuring director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto
* - Video images taken by Bertolucci while on preproduction in China
* - A new, 47-minute documentary featuring Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiana, costume designer James Acheson, and art director Gianni Silvestri
* - A 30-minute interview with Bertolucci from 1989
* - A new interview with Ian Buruma examining the historical period of the film
* - PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by David Thomson, interviews with production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti and actor Ying Ruocheng, a reminiscence by Bertolucci, and an essay and production-diary extracts from Fabien S. Gerard |
Summary: Bernardo Bertolucci does the nearly impossible with this sweeping, grand epic that tells a very personal tale. The story is a dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the emperors of China. It follows his life from its elite beginnings in the Forbidden City, where he was crowned at age three and worshipped by half a billion people. He was later forced to abdicate and, unable to fend for himself in the outside world, became a dissolute and exploited shell of a man. He died in obscurity, living as a peasant in the People's Republic. We never really warm up to John Lone in the title role, but this movie focuses more on visuals than characterization anyway. Filmed in the Forbidden City, it is spectacularly beautiful, filling the screen with saturated colors and exquisite detail. It won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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The Last Emperor - BluRay
(2009)
France, Italy, China