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Author:

Last emperor (Motion picture)

Title:

The last emperor [videorecording] / Jeremy Thomas presents ; a film by Bernardo Bertolucci ; 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] /

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Subject:

Puyi,--1906-1967--Drama.
Nationalists--China--Drama.
Communists--China--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Political prisoners--China--Drama.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Drama.
China--Kings and rulers--Drama.--Drama.
China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912--Drama.
China--Politics and government--20th century--Drama.
China.
Epic films.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Biographical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Thomas, Jeremy.
Peploe, Mark.
Bertolucci, Bernardo.
Lone, John, 1952-
Chen, Joan, 1961-
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-
Ying, Ruocheng.
Wong, Victor.
Dun, Dennis.
Wu, Vivian, 1966-
Han, Maggie, 1959-
Young, Ric.
Go, Jade.
Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki.
Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-
Storaro, Vittorio, 1940-
Yanco Films Limited.
Tao Film SRL (Firm)
Recorded Picture Company.
Screenframe Limited (Firm)
AAA Soprofilms (Film)
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Notes:

John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Wu Jun Mei, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Jade Go, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Originally produced as an international motion picture in 1987. Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Trailer (3 min.); booklet features the essay "The Last Emperor: or the Manchurian Candidate" by David Thomson.

Contents:

Manchuria, 1950 -- Peking, 1908 -- First coronation -- Young emperor -- Criminal -- Pu Chieh -- New republic -- Reginald Johnston -- First lesson -- Protests -- Grief -- Spectacles -- Two wives -- Strangers -- Confession -- Reforms -- Departures -- Life outside -- Secondary consort -- Tientsin, 1931 -- Manchuria, 1934 -- Second coronation -- New quarters -- Manchuria, 1935 -- Puppet -- Russians -- Freedom -- Peking, 1967 -- Citizen -- Color bars.

Summary:

A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in the People's Republic, and died as a gardener at the Botanical Gardens of Peking.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 422

ISBN:

9781604651065
1604651067

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261599898

UPC:

715515034425

Locations:

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