The last emperor 1987

Gung hay fat choy! As the Frock Flicker of Asian descent, it falls on me to wish you a happy Chinese New Year. We’re entering the Year of the Ram (or Goat or Sheep) today, which is supposed t…

Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated—quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the scope of the film was, and remains, undeniably powerful—the life of Emperor Puyi, who took the throne in 1908, at age three, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating…

Bernardo Bertolucci (1987) The Last Emperor {Peter O'Toole} | M264

Tao Wu and Joan Chen in The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

(1987) The Last Emperor

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci. Musical Score: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated—quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the scope of the film was, and remains, undeniably powerful—the life of Emperor Puyi, who took the throne in 1908, at age three, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating…

(1987) The Last Emperor

Joan Chen as Empress Wanrong in The Last Emperor (1987)