ColumbiaDirected by Bernardo Bertolucci
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Music Score
Best Sound
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Three year old Pu Yi is taken from his mother and installed as emperor of China. He grows up in opulence with his every wish granted. These early years are spectacularly filmed in the Forbidden City. As a young adult, he becomes rebellious of his surroundings and seeks change. However, another rebellion outside the gates forces him to seek asylum in Japan. The rest of the film is a rather tedious lesson in the political history of China and Japan, with Pu Yi regaining his crown but at the expense of his own self-respect. In the last scene he is reincarnated as a cricket.
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Music Score
Best Sound
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Three year old Pu Yi is taken from his mother and installed as emperor of China. He grows up in opulence with his every wish granted. These early years are spectacularly filmed in the Forbidden City. As a young adult, he becomes rebellious of his surroundings and seeks change. However, another rebellion outside the gates forces him to seek asylum in Japan. The rest of the film is a rather tedious lesson in the political history of China and Japan, with Pu Yi regaining his crown but at the expense of his own self-respect. In the last scene he is reincarnated as a cricket.
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