num_pages: 274
description: In this anthology, filmmakers, psychoanalysts, film scholars, and cultural historians use a psychoanalytic approach to examine Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film The Last Emperor (I988). Evolving out of a conference on Bertolucci's work,the essays interweave psychological, political, and cinematic themes in The Last Emperor as well as in much of Bertolucci's other works. This volume includes a foreword by Bernardo Bertolucci and is organized into four parts or "takes,"including "Filmcraft," "Psychoanalysis," "Film Scholarship," and "Cultural History."Although we can never fully know the real Aisingioro Pu Yi, Bertolucci used his vision of the intricate relationship between art, ideology, and the psychic experience to tell the story of one ordinary man's extraordinary life. Bertolucci's The Last Emperor hopes to illuminate this complex and often enigmatic creation as well as renew an excitement about the possibilities of interdisciplinary criticism in film studies.
language: English
title: Bertolucci's The Last Emperor: Multiple Takes
titlecomplete: Bertolucci's The Last Emperor: Multiple Takes
series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series, Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media
publisher: Wayne State University Press