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title: "The Last Emperor"
brand: "john lonejoan chenbernardo bertolucci"
price: "6487 kr"
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# The Last Emperor

**Brand:** john lonejoan chenbernardo bertolucci
**Price:** 6487 kr
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The Last Emperor

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Awesome film.
  

*by K***A on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2018*

I missed this when it came out years ago, pity, because I loved this movie! It was colorful, intriguing, well scripted and superbly acted. And of course the WWII period & setting in China, well, it cannot be beaten. Shot on location, naturally, the scope and splendor of this production is self evident. While the main character is clearly a flawed individual, the circumstances of his "reign" were surreal if not downright bizarre. To see his very extraordinary life unfold, knowing it is all true for the most part, really reinforces the old saying 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Do yourself a favor, rent/buy this movie, get some munchies and enjoy a truly entertaining film.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Bertolucci's After the Revolution
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2020*

Most of our great late-20th-Century film directors were artists, not leftist ideologues; but Louis Malle, Luis Buñuel, Lina Wertmüller, and Bernardo Bertolucci are exceptions. Their Marxism is fundamentally anti-fascist, and rightly so since the authoritarian crypto-fascist state is still the greatest threat to intellectual and personal freedom. Malle and Bertolucci both made successful film studies of the psychology of the European fascist believer: Malle's Lacombe, Lucien (1974) and Bertolucci's The Conformist (1970). In contrast, Bertolucci's early film Before the Revolution (1964) is a sentimental study of the young Marxist believer, in which the student protagonist of the film is so mesmerized by his Marxist ideals that he is well-described by the wall-graffiti slogan in Buñuel's Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie - "Revolution is the Opiate of the Intellectuals." Therein lies the difficult line to thread, between the saccharin-sweet idealism of the young Marxist and the jaded mature Marxist's objective, unblinking view of the harsh inequalities of our industrial economies. Bertolucci leaps this chasm in his film masterpiece The Last Emperor. The political lessons regarding the corrosive impact of imperialism (Western and Japanese) on a weak imperial China are obvious; less obvious are the corrosive effects of power on the film's more ambitious characters. Every aspect of this epic film is flawless. Bertolucci has indeed reached beyond the revolution and made a truly post-ideological work of art.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    AN INCOMPARABLE LIFE...
  

*by L***U on Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020*

I became interested in seeing this film after reading the book, “The Rape of Nanking” by Iris Chang. In it, reference was made to the fact that some archival footage of the Japanese invasion of Nanking was included in this film. Since it had won an Academy Award for best picture in 1987, I thought I would watch it. Am I ever glad I did. I loved this filmThe film is primarily the story of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, as told through the backdrop of history. He became Emperor, the last of the Manchu Qing dynasty,  in 1908 just before his third birthday and  lived in dazzling splendor in the Forbidden City.The 1911 Revolution saw the end of his reign in China, when China became a Republic. Still, he continued living in the Forbidden City, forbidden to leave its solitary splendor. He was given a Scottish  tutor from whom he learned Western ways.Through Pu Yi’s life, the viewer see the events,  which forever changed China, unfold on the screen. The viewer also see some of the dubious decisions that Pu Yi made which made him an unwitting pawn in Japan’s aggression towards China, and how it impacted on both China and his personal life.  Pu Yi’s life was certainly an uncommon one, fascinating in terms of its highs and lows.This is a beautifully realized film with spectacular cinematography. It was the first foreign film to be filmed on location in the  Forbidden City. The film boasts a wonderful cast, and the acting is superlative. The unfolding vicissitudes of Pu Yi’s life, intertwined with the that of China’s changing history, makes for a compelling story, masterfully told. Bravo!

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