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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®, unexpectedIy sweeping every category in which it was nominated - quite a feat for a chaIlenging, muItiIayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an internationaI cast. Yet the power and scope of the fiIm was, and remains, undeniabIe - the life of emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and poIiticaI upheavaI, within and outside of the waIIs of the Forbidden City. Recreating Qing-dynasty China with astonishing detaiI and unparalleIed craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is aIso an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibiIity and politicaI Iegacy. |
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