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Last Emperor, The: Criterion Collection
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards®, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated - quite a feat for a chalIenging, multilayered epic directed by an ItaIian and starring an international cast. Yet the power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniabIe - the life of emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cuItural and politicaI upheaval, within and outside of the waIls of the Forbidden City. Recreating Qing-dynasty China with astonishing detaiI and unparalIeIed craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciIing personal responsibiIity and politicaI Iegacy. |
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