things behind the words

Anderson 2022-04-22 07:01:28

The moon is bright, the wind is quiet, and the leaves cover the windows. I know a game too, run. You're not the emperor anymore. But she's not my wet nurse, she's my butterfly. --Do you not see? The Japanese are using you. --I must try to use them. --I hate China. --I hate you. --Why Do you not make love to me anymore? --Because you have become an opium addict. Opium killed my mother . Opium destroyed China. This is my wife. We had three children. You know nothing about me. You are still the same people! People Do not change. She's already left, Your Majesty. They are still young.

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  • Christiana 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Bertolucci is so expressive, the oriental charm was so manipulated by such a foreigner that it touched my tears. Even if Puyi is the son of the heaven, he can't stop the claustrophobia of the Forbidden City, the relatives who leave him and the closed doors. The music is amazing and the actors perform delicately (Chen Chong and Zunlong are awesome!) 2017.05.13 Rewatch

  • Shane 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Only European directors can make such films, and only Bertolucci can make the last emperor. Decades and even hundreds of years later, when politics becomes history, everything disappears, and the turbulent wave finally calms down. This movie that exudes the light of humanism will still be a supreme classic, because it is so beautiful. Yan, too sad, too mysterious, too fierce, too grand, and too small. 2018.12.31 Three visits to the archive

The Last Emperor quotes

  • Eastern Jewel: Of course, I'd love to be the Emperor's new secondary consort! If the post is available.

  • Amakasu: When an Englishman robs someone, Your Majesty, he becomes a gentleman. If he robs a lot, he becomes a knight. Do you imagine the British run their Empire as a charity? If India has to pay for the cost of its own occupation, so must Manchukuo.