The Last Emperor (1987)
Product Information
Product Details: The Last Emperor (1987)
- Edition:
- DVD 4-Disc Set. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- PG-13
- Release Date:
- 02/29/2008
- UPC:
- 715515027922
- Directed by:
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Featuring:
- John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole. See all cast
Synopsis: The Last Emperor (1987)
Synopis: Although it is 160 minutes long and shot with breathtaking scope and sumptuousness, Bertolucci's film is a story about claustrophobia. Pu Yi, the Manchurian emperor of China who ascended the throne in 1908 at the age of three, is a prisoner in the palace he rules over. Outside, real power changes hands with each coup d'etat. Pu Yi grows to manhood, is tutored by a Westerner (Peter O'Toole), and marries a gorgeous princess (Joan Chen). However, the adult Pu Yi (John Lone) is destined for a communist reeducation camp when the war is over. From start to finish, Pu Yi is a passive antihero who can never come to grips with the idea that the absolute power conferred on him as a child was only a mirage. The mistakes Pu Yi made trying to realize that power, especially collaborating with the Japanese during the war, provide Bertolucci with the chance to explore his familiar theme of collaboration and its moral consequences (as he did in THE CONFORMIST and 1900). In the end, Pu Yi seems to have reached a kind of peace, and the terrible waste of a special man's life disappears into a drab, grey-clad Beijing.Features: The Last Emperor (1987)
Features: DVD Features:4-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
Additional Release Materials:
Audio Commentary - Bernardo Bertolucci - Director; Jeremy Thomas - Producer; Ryuichi Sakamoto - Composer; Mark Peploe - Screenwriter
Behind The Scenes - Making Of
Featurettes - "The Italian Traveler"
Interviews - 1. Bernardo Bertolucci - Director (30 mins; on BBC's "The Late Show)
2. David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto - Composers
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Additional Product:
Booklet
Awards: The Last Emperor (1987)
- Academy Awards
- Best Director:
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Best Picture:
- Jeremy Thomas
- Best Cinematography:
- Vittorio Storaro
- Best Original Score:
- Cong Su
- Best Original Score:
- David Byrne
- Best Original Score:
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Mark Peploe
- Best Picture
- Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- Best Film Editing
- Best Sound
- Best Costume Design:
- James Acheson
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User Reviews: Last Emperor
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Worst DVD transfer ever!
, May 3, 2001Reviewer: willymclumplump - See all willymclumplump's reviewsHow could they take such a great movie and ruin it with an awful video transfer. Expect ever kind of video distortion that you've ever seen, I think they used an old VHS as their master for the transfer. Avoid until Artisan shapes up and does a re-release (hopefully!). -
Wonderful
, March 20, 2001Reviewer: stuntedslime - See all stuntedslime's reviewsA historic movie based on history.
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