Review of The Last Emperor (1987) by Deanomite — 19 Feb 2020
Fascinating for so many reasons. First, that they were allowed to film not only in China but in the forbidden city. Then, they were allowed to film a sensitive political story. Then it won 9 oscars, a movie about China filmed in China, with all Asian actors, essentially a Chinese movie.
The photography is amazing, done by Vittaro Storaro, who did Apocalypse Now among others. Then consider that this moment captures when China went form a 5000 year old empire to a communist republic essentially overnight, which is all true.
It is amazing. The movie openly criticizes the republic for being corrupt, yet they were allowed to film in the country, wow. I don't think they captured the personality of the guy very well, a lot of stuff just happened to him and he clung to the past, but it's hard to imagine anyone else being much different.
This review of The Last Emperor (1987) was written by Deanomite on 19 February 2020.
The Last Emperor has generally received very positive reviews.
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