The last emperor [videorecording] / Jeremy Thomas presents ; screenplay by Mark Peploe with Bernardo Bertolucci ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci ; made by Yanco Films Limited and Tao Film SRL ; in association with Recorded Picture Company (Productions) Limited, Screenframe Limited, AAA Soprofilms.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Director-approved special ed.; widescreen format (2.00:1).
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
4 videodiscs (703 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (90 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Bernardo Bertolucci : le voyageur Italien. Bernardo Bertolucci : the Italian traveler. Videocartolina dalla China. Postcards from China. Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese adventure. Chinese adventure of Bernardo Bertolucci. Making The last emperor. South Bank show. The making of The last emperor. David Byrne on The last emperor. Beyond the Forbidden City : Ian Buruma on China's tumultuous past. Face to face. Jeremy Issacs talks to Bernardo Bertolucci. Last emperor, or the Manchurian candidate. Billions of emperors. Days of the dragon.
Notes:
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Special features (Disc 1): optional audio commentary by Bertolucci, Thomas, Peploe & Sakamoto; theatrical trailer; color bars. Special features (Disc 3): "Bernardo Bertolucci : le voyageur Italien" = "Bernardo Bertolucci : the Italian traveler" documentary (1992?, 53 min., in Italian with English subtitles); "Videocartolina dalla China" = "Postcards from China" featurette (1985?, 8 min., with optional audio commentary by Bertolucci in English); "Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese adventure" documentary (1986, 51 min., in Italian with English subtitles); "Making 'The last emperor'" documentary (2008, 45 min., in English). Special features (Disc 4): "The South Bank show : The making of 'The last emperor'" BBC documentary television program (1988, 66 min., in English); "David Byrne on 'The last emperor'" interview (2007, 25 min., in English); "Beyond the Forbidden City : Ian Buruma on China's tumultuous past" documentary (2008, 45 min., in English); "Face to face : Jeremy Issacs talks to Bernardo Bertolucci" interview (1989, 30 min., in English). Booklet includes an essay by David Thomson ("'The last emperor', or the Manchurian candidate"), a reminiscence by Bertolucci ("Billions of emperors"), an interview with Scarfiotti (conducted in 1992 by Vincent LoBrutto), an interview with Ying Ruocheng (conducted in 1987 by Ulrike Koch), and production diary extracts ("Days of the dragon" by Fabien S. Gerard, as translated by Emiliano Battista). "Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc labels.
Contents:
Disc 1: The theatrical version (1987, 162 min.) -- Disc 2. The television version (1987, 218 min.) -- Disc 3. Supplements, pt. 1 (compiled in 2008, 157 min.) -- Disc 4. Supplements, pt. 2 (compiled in 2008, 166 min.).
Summary:
"The life of [Chinese] Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City"--Container.
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