The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor [videorecording]= Bernardo Bertolucci - Italy Hemdale Film Corporation Recorded Picture Company (RPC) Yanco Films Limited 2008 - 1 videodisc (ca. 165 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 422 .
From case cover:
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 power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniable - the life of Emperor Pu Yi, 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. Re-creating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy.
DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; stereo; NTSC; Region 1; 2:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
English audio.
PN1997 / .L378 1987
The Last Emperor [videorecording]= Bernardo Bertolucci - Italy Hemdale Film Corporation Recorded Picture Company (RPC) Yanco Films Limited 2008 - 1 videodisc (ca. 165 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 422 .
From case cover:
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 power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniable - the life of Emperor Pu Yi, 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. Re-creating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy.
DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; stereo; NTSC; Region 1; 2:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
English audio.
PN1997 / .L378 1987