East Baton Rouge Parish Library

The last emperor, Yanco Films and Tao Films ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; screenplay by Mark Peploe with Bernardo Bertolucci ; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987Accompanying booklet featuring an essay by critic David ThomsonSpecial features: Audio commentary featuring director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryūichi Sakamoto; The Italian Traveler, Bernardo Bertolucci, a 53-minute film by Fernand Moszkowicz tracing the director's geographic influences, from Parma to China; video images taken by Bertolucci while on preproduction in China; The Chinese Adventure of Bernardo Bertolucci, a 51-minute film by Paolo Brunato revisiting the creation of the film; a 45-minute documentary featuring Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiani, costume designer James Acheson and art director Gianni Silvestri; a 66-minute documentary exploring Bertolucci's creative process and the making of the Last Emperor; a 30-minute BBC interview with Bertolucci from 1989; an interview from 2008 with composer David Byrne; a 2008 interview with cultural historian Ian Buruma examining the period of the film; theatrical trailerVideorecording

multicolored

stereophonic

Photography, Vittorio Storaro ; editor, Gabriella Cristiani ; music, Ryūichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su ; costume designer, James Acheson ; production designer, Ferdinando Scarfiotti

other

Blu-ray version, Widescreen format, Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

9781604659375

videodisc

John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryūichi Sakamoto

1 videodisc (165 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)298344043ocn298344043OCoLC

Blu-ray, region A, fullscreen (2.00:1); DTS-HD Master Audio stereoThis Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD player

715515033725715515135719

CC1779BD -- Criterion CollectionCC2429BD -- Criterion Collection

Blu-ray disc