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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305261292
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0784012075
Label: Live / Artisan
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageJapaneseOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 163 minutes
Studio: Live / Artisan
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video: Bernardo Bertolucci does the nearly impossible with this sweeping, grand epic that tells a very personal tale. The story is a dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the emperors of China. It follows his life from its elite beginnings in the Forbidden City, where he was crowned at age three and worshipped by half a billion people. He was later forced to abdicate and, unable to fend for himself in the outside world, became a dissolute and exploited shell of a man. He died in obscurity, living as a peasant in the People's Republic. We never really warm up to John Lone in the title role, but this movie focuses more on visuals than characterization anyway. Filmed in the Forbidden City, it is spectacularly beautiful, filling the screen with saturated colors and exquisite detail. It won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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