MeMoMu_SL_073 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI!

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"I always thought 'The Last Emperor' (1987) was almost an impossible project - because of China, because of the cost, because of no major stars in the movie... although it's the story of a unique destiny...the movie goes beyond, can be understood everywhere."
Bernardo Bertolucci proposed the film to the Chinese government as one of two possible projects - the other was "La Condition Humaine" by André Malraux. The Chinese preferred this project, and made no restrictions on the content. "The Last Emperor" became the first Western film made in and about the country to be produced with full Chinese government cooperation since 1949.
During filming of the immense coronation scene in the Forbidden City, Queen Elizabeth II was in Beijing on a state visit. The production was given priority over her by the Chinese authorities and she was therefore unable to visit the Forbidden City.
19,000 extras were needed over the course of the film. Over 1000 schoolchildren were brought in to play Red Guards in the 1967 Cultural Revolution march. Bertolucci had problems instilling the right amount of anger in them, as none of them knew of the attitudes of the Cultural Revolution.
"What you want from a movie when you begin it is 150,000 miles from what you reach at the end. Moviemaking is a process. You end with something different; that's what gives it life. I cannot plan a film as a script or as a storyboard. I need the camera; I need the actors. I can't do it on a desk. I need the reality to whisper to me. If you leave the door open to reality, the smell of reality is so strong, it adds so much. It attacks and enters and infiltrates, that's what I enjoy." (IMDb)
Happy Birthday, Bernardo Bertolucci! Kuva vähem

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