Story of how the last emperor of China was a prisoner
The Last Emperor was Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic tale of the last emperor of China Puyi. Using a series of flashbacks it covers the emperor’s life from Imperial China, to the Republic, to the Japanese occupation, and finally the Communist period. It’s a personal story about how Puyi was like a prisoner while emperor and then a literal prisoner under the Communists.<br /><br />The movie begins with the final end of the monarchy with a scene from 1950 where Emperor Puyi (John Lone) is taken off of a train and called a war criminal by the new Communist government. It’s full of irony as some people recognize him and bow at his feet. Embarrassed he walks to the bathroom and slits his wrists. That begins the story of the emperor’s life with his attempt to end it.<br /><br />Bertolucci then compares that demise with the grandeur of what was. Little Puyi is introduced as he took the throne at just 3 years old. He first sees the Empress Dowager (Lisa Lu) who ruled the nation behind the scenes for decades. Then there’s his coronation ceremony where hundreds of officials and officers bow to him. This was all filmed in Beijing’s Forbidden City which adds to the grandeur.<br /><br />The movie continues to flip back and forth between the times of Revolutionary Communist China and Puyi’s imprisonment and Imperial China. That’s meant to highlight the theme of change within the country.<br /><br />Finally, the plight of Puyi is obviously the main focus. He could never leave the Forbidden City for instance. Later in life that made him frustrated. He could sometimes hear what was going on in the rest of Beijing, but he could never see what was happening himself. There are two touching scenes about this. One is when he’s bicycling through the one of the huge courtyards and sees the door to the city open. He tries to walk outside by the guards immediately stop him. Another time his mother dies and he climbs on top of a building yelling that he wants out to see his mom. It’s all meant to emphasize how Puyi might have been the emperor of China but he was really a prisoner of tradition. He then became a prisoner of the Japanese and then he was imprisoned by the Communists.<br /><br />The movie’s vision is as great as how engaging it is to the viewer. The fact that Bertolucci got the Chinese government’s permission to use the Forbidden City just adds to the authentic feel of the story even though it’s obviously a piece of fiction. It’s really a masterpiece.
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