3 "Mistakes" in The Last Emperor

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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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21 июл 2024

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@tonymoretti2347 Год назад

We will never forget you Mr Johnson!!!

@michellecrocker2485 17 дней назад

Mr Johnson must have shocked the court . He was the only guy in the forbidden city who wasn’t a fearful sycophant. In fact, he presented himself (at least in the movie) as someone who was respectful to his student but he also had a level of dignity that must have impressed Puyi because they were close until he began working with the Japanese

@jasonleetaiwan Год назад

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.

@kingkauri5900 Год назад

and he visited japan a few times also where he met Hirohito.

@zarathustra8643 6 месяцев назад

@@kingkauri5900 they do mention that in the movie

@damianflynn1901 2 года назад

Informative and well-made, as always! Keep up the good work👍

@Morpheus1910 9 месяцев назад

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!

@MajesticOak 2 года назад

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.

@mrparkerdan Год назад

And John lone looked waaaaaay better than Puyi 😝

@Grequierecafe Год назад

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?!

@Morpheus1910 9 месяцев назад

He IS very respectful; nice of you to draw attention to it! Highly uncommon (his presentation).....I also made a point of it.

@matthewcreech8259 3 месяца назад

Or Michael Bay.

@blinkenschnaag777 Год назад

Thank you for your informative video, I enjoyed watching and listening to your explanations.

@jordan6539two Год назад

I’m surprised you didn’t include the sixty year old cricket living in the throne.

@anonymous-lu9hu Год назад

The cricket is a metaphor of Pu Yi's freedom as a simple gardener unencumbered by the weighty duties of Empire.

@mrparkerdan Год назад

@@anonymous-lu9hu but the cricket wasn’t free - it was trapped in a jar for 60 years! 🤨

@anonymous-lu9hu Год назад

@@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

@stefanboster5728 Год назад

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..

@fourthprince1099 8 месяцев назад

I really wish they would do this style of series again, really let you feel how beautiful and stuffy the forbidden city was.

@michellecrocker2485 17 дней назад

I’ll tell you one mistake: Wenxiu and Wanrong were never really close friends. In fact, they pretty much hated each other

@davidmontinaro5540 2 месяца назад

🙃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 .

@mrparkerdan Год назад

In reality, Puyi was extremely abusive to his servants, to the point of sadistic. Many also suspected he was homosexual.

@frankyong2607 Год назад

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.

@envitech02 Год назад

That's what happens when a child is given absolute power. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

@fourthprince1099 8 месяцев назад

Puyi was not corrected like a normal prince would be. His education lacked. Plus people have personalities good and the bad doesn’t change .

@MAP2023 6 месяцев назад

Ask the communists.@@envitech02

@michellecrocker2485 17 дней назад

Yeah. Guy had a chosen one complex and no one was in a position to call him out. If he had been able to have his mother there, he might not have been so “ I’m all that”

2 года назад

Interestind as always but you have a audio sync problem

@ifire4899 2 месяца назад

mistake:Can a grasshopper live for 50 years? However, for the sake of artistic effect, these are not considered mistakes.

@TheJoanml 4 месяца назад

Movie won 9 Oscars 🎉

@realhuman4396 25 дней назад

haha 4:08 “妈妈这里有外国人"

@plautus-jc8be 5 дней назад

ya, it's annoying

@informer3000 6 месяцев назад

That's sørengasseme what I call Danglish.

@beijingpostcards9954 6 месяцев назад

ha ha

@e-cuauhtemoc Год назад

3??? There's a lot more than that. Just read Johnston's and Puyi's books. It will ruin the movie for you. Haha!

@jhonnewell9522 Год назад

I wish American would make movies like this again!

@nintendokings Год назад

Huh? It was made by an Italian (Co-written by an Englishman)

@jhonnewell9522 Год назад

@@nintendokings sorry I should have said Hollywood not American

@nintendokings Год назад

@@jhonnewell9522 Hollywood? Again, it's a UK/Italian production. You know there are big films made outside of Hollywood/Amercia, right?

@richardlee1477 Год назад

@@nintendokings hh, you know, some Americans, no wonder.

@leeweesquee 9 месяцев назад

The most american thing said

@krichenboi 2 года назад

This whole movie is Not good if you learn chinese history

@johndoe-sv9th 2 года назад

It's hollywood buddy, get over it.

@wflowersflower5460 Год назад

It's an art film. Not documentary.

@krichenboi Год назад

@@wflowersflower5460 i know it, but that is the exact thing people do not think, they think it is something like a documentary

@Grequierecafe Год назад

@@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(?).

@anonymous-lu9hu Год назад

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.