The Last Emperor (Criterion Collection/Special Edition) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Although it is 160 minutes long and shot with breathtaking scope and sumptuousness, Bernardo Bertolucci's film is a story about claustrophobia. Pu Yi, the Manchurian emperor of China who ascended the throne in 1908 at the age of three, is a prisoner in the palace he rules over. Outside, real power changes hands with each coup d'etat. Pu Yi grows to manhood, is tutored by a Westerner (Peter O'Toole), and marries a gorgeous princess (Joan Chen). However, the adult Pu Yi (John Lone) is destined for a communist reeducation camp when the war is over. From start to finish, Pu Yi is a passive antihero who can never come to grips with the idea that the absolute power conferred on him as a child was only a mirage. The mistakes Pu Yi made trying to realize that power, especially collaborating with the Japanese during the war, provide Bertolucci with the chance to explore his familiar theme of collaboration and its moral consequences (as he did in THE CONFORMIST and 1900). In the end, Pu Yi seems to have reached a kind of peace, and the terrible waste of a special man's life disappears into a drab, grey-clad Beijing.

"...Numbingly beautiful....Sumptuous chinoiserie..." -- Rating: B+ - Troy, Patterson (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 03/05/1999

"...A film of unique, quite unsurpassed visual splendor, THE LAST EMPEROR makes for a fascinating trip to another world..." - Cart. (Variety Film Critic), Variety, 10/07/1987

"...[The film] has the feel of other-worldliness, of science fiction..." - Harlan, Jacobson (Film Comment Critic), Film Comment, 07/01/1987

"...If you want a staggering and certainly singular movie experience, THE LAST EMPEROR will do very nicely..." - Sheila, Benson (Los Angeles Times Critic), Los Angeles Times, 11/29/1987

"[T]here's no faulting the use of genuine locations, the magnificent costumes of Vittorio Storaro's breathtaking cinematography." - Rob, Leedham (Total Film Critic), Total Film, 04/01/2004

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Artist Name(s):	James Schamus (Actor) | David Z. Weinstein (Actor) | James Hong (Actor) | Masa Tommys (Actor) | Alan Howarth (Actor) | Jackie Chan (Actor) | Peter O'Toole (Actor) James Schamus (Actor) | David Z. Weinstein (Actor) | James Hong (Actor) | Masa Tommys (Actor) | Alan Howarth (Actor) | Jackie Chan (Actor) | 彼得奧圖 (Actor) James Schamus (Actor) | David Z. Weinstein (Actor) | James Hong (Actor) | Masa Tommys (Actor) | Alan Howarth (Actor) | Jackie Chan (Actor) | 彼得奥图 (Actor) Ｊａｍｅｓ Ｓｃｈａｍｕｓ (Actor) | David Z. Weinstein (Actor) | James Hong (Actor) | Masa Tommys (Actor) | Alan Howarth (Actor) | Jackie Chan (Actor) | ピーター・オトゥール (Actor) James Schamus (Actor) | David Z. Weinstein (Actor) | James Hong (Actor) | Masa Tommys (Actor) | Alan Howarth (Actor) | Jackie Chan (Actor) | Peter O'Toole (Actor)
Director:	Francesca Bertini Francesca Bertini Francesca Bertini Francesca Bertini Francesca Bertini
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Release Date:	2008-11-18
UPC Code:	715515034425
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	China
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	PG-13 (MPAA)
Publisher:	Image Entertainment, Inc.
Package Weight:	180 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1012866541

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

DVD Features:

Region 1
NTSC
Keep Case
Widescreen 16:9
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Subtitles - English SDH - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Bernardo Bertolucci, Director; Jeremy Thomas, Producer;
Mark Peploe, Screenwriter; Ryuichi Sakamoto-Composer/Actor
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Additional Product:
Booklet- Essay - David Thomson, Critic