the story of the last days of the last emperor of China caught in the winds of change .

Rating: 8/10 (15 March 2006)

Bernardo Bertolucci's exquisite tale of the last emperor of China counts as one of my all time favorites for the detailed yet a brilliantly edited content of the story. It is stylishly crafty in the set and costume designing that beautifully enhances the aura of this magnum opus.Besides Bertolucci shows mastery in bringing forth the man who was being pulled in different directions by the cross-currents of that tumultuous period in the history of the evolution of Communist China.John Lone beautifully essays the role of emperor Pu Yi.My favorite scene is the one in which the emperor has to pay to enter the Forbidden City where he used to be the " God".