3 "Mistakes" in The Last Emperor
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- The Movie The last Emperor by Bernardo Bertolucci from 1987 is for many people the first introduction to the Forbidden City of China. But where was Bertolucci wrong?
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The story of the boy emperor trapped inside the enormous Imperial Palace has intrigued foreign audiences for more than a hundred years. First in books and newspapers and finally through Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic masterpiece.
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We will never forget you Mr Johnson!!!
I love the film, and I appreciate you pointing out the technical inaccuracies in such a gentlemanly, non-critical fashion. Very unusual and MUCH appreciated. I look forward to viewing more of your videos!
Informative and well-made, as always! Keep up the good work👍
The movie doesn’t explain some key events in his life due to running time. He was actually in jail in Siberia after the Soviet Union captured him.
and he visited japan a few times also where he met Hirohito.
@@kingkauri5900 they do mention that in the movie
As with movies, the actor (in this case Peter O'Tool) looked a lot more handsome than the actual historical character. But then, that's how it goes...
Though the part about the end scene, isn't that basically supposedly to be mostly symbolic and metaphorical.
And John lone looked waaaaaay better than Puyi 😝
Let's call it 2.5 mistakes, or maybe just 2 (bed chamber issue doesn't count for much). Bertolucci did a damn good job. Your critique is interesting and respectful. Can you imagine what Mel Gibson would have done with Puyi's story?!
He IS very respectful; nice of you to draw attention to it! Highly uncommon (his presentation).....I also made a point of it.
Or Michael Bay.
Thank you for your informative video, I enjoyed watching and listening to your explanations.
I’m surprised you didn’t include the sixty year old cricket living in the throne.
The cricket is a metaphor of Pu Yi's freedom as a simple gardener unencumbered by the weighty duties of Empire.
@@anonymous-lu9hu but the cricket wasn’t free - it was trapped in a jar for 60 years! 🤨
@@mrparkerdan sorry, I meant the release of cricket was a metaphor of him getting his freedom back since the first day of his accession in the forbidden kingdom
I am also one of those who visited China after watching the movie, some 25 years ago.. My day in the Forbidden City was quite enriching, since there was almost noone there (I had a privte guide, & it was a cold day).. most of the area around still had the old neighborhoods intact..
I really wish they would do this style of series again, really let you feel how beautiful and stuffy the forbidden city was.
In reality, Puyi was extremely abusive to his servants, to the point of sadistic. Many also suspected he was homosexual.
He wasn't a homosexual. Had sexual relations with palace maids before his marriage according to later reports by his eunuchs. He was impotent leaving no heirs.
That's what happens when a child is given absolute power. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Puyi was not corrected like a normal prince would be. His education lacked. Plus people have personalities good and the bad doesn’t change .
Ask the communists.@@envitech02
🙃In the end Pu Yi's ghost enters the Forbidden City, he wants to sit on his throne before leaving for the afterlife, the cricket that comes out of the vase represents his soul, the film is halfway between reality and imagination, there are no errors .
mistake:Can a grasshopper live for 50 years? However, for the sake of artistic effect, these are not considered mistakes.
Interestind as always but you have a audio sync problem
haha 4:08 “妈妈这里有外国人"
Movie won 9 Oscars 🎉
3??? There's a lot more than that. Just read Johnston's and Puyi's books. It will ruin the movie for you. Haha!
That's sørengasseme what I call Danglish.
ha ha
I wish American would make movies like this again!
Huh? It was made by an Italian (Co-written by an Englishman)
@@nintendokings sorry I should have said Hollywood not American
@@jhonathannewell6805 Hollywood? Again, it's a UK/Italian production. You know there are big films made outside of Hollywood/Amercia, right?
@@nintendokings hh, you know, some Americans, no wonder.
The most american thing said
This whole movie is Not good if you learn chinese history
It's hollywood buddy, get over it.
It's an art film. Not documentary.
@@wflowersflower5460 i know it, but that is the exact thing people do not think, they think it is something like a documentary
@@krichenboi A good story sticks to you more than a good documentary. This is the way humans are. Bertolucci did a great job. I can't think of anyone else who could have done better with Puyi's story. (Except Krichen Boi(?).
I am Chinese, and I really enjoyed this film. It tells a lot truth about Chinese history, especially if you watch the uncut version. It is the first time the Chinese government has allowed a foreign production team to film in the Forbidden City, which speaks volumes about the film's accuracy. Sorry for my poor English.