Scenes

Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro; new restored high-definition digital transfer of the extended television version; audio commentary featuring director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto; "The Italian Traveler: Bernardo Bertolucci," a 53-minute film by Fernand Moszkowicz tracing the director's geographic influences, from Parma to China; video images taken by Bertolucci while on preproduction in China; "The Chinese Adventure of Bernardo Bertolucci," a 52-minute documentary that revisits the film's making; a new, 47-minute documentary featuring Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiana, costume designer James Acheson, and art director Gianni Silvestri; a 66-minute BBC documentary exploring Bertolucci's creative process and the making of The Last Emperor; a 30-minute interview with Bertolucci from 1989; a new interview with composer David Byrne; a new interview with Ian Buruma examining the historical period of the film; theatrical trailer.
PLUS: A booklet featuring: an essay by David Thomson; interviews with production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti and actor Ying Ruocheng; a reminiscence by Bertolucci; and an essay and production-diary extracts from Fabien S. Gerard.

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Last Emperor: The Theatrical Version
1. Manchuria, 1950 [6:46]
2. Peking, 1908 [8:03]
3. First Coronation [3:42]
4. The Young Emperor [2:43]
5. Criminal [2:06]
6. Puchieh [9:07]
7. A New Republic [4:39]
8. Reginald Johnston [4:34]
9. First Lesson [3:53]
10. Protests [4:10]
11. Grief [7:19]
12. Spectacles [3:18]
13. Two Wives [4:29]
14. Strangers [5:30]
15. Confession [3:01]
16. Reforms [8:22]
17. Departures [1:00]
18. Life Outside [5:14]
19. Secondary Consort [6:47]
20. Tientsin, 1931 [8:00]
21. Manchuria, 1934 [4:09]
22. Second Coronation [6:02]
23. New Quarters [9:05]
24. Manchuria, 1935 [2:48]
25. Puppet [7:53]
26. The Russians [5:04]
27. Freedom [7:17]
28. Peking, 1967 [3:24]
29. Citizen [5:51]
1. The Story's Challenges [6:46]
2. Locations and Sets [8:03]
3. Shooting Logistics [3:42]
4. Details [2:43]
5. Reeducation Begins [2:06]
6. History as Dramatis Personae [9:07]
7. Metaphors [4:39]
8. Change in China [4:34]
9. Casting Difficulties/Reginald Johnston [3:53]
10. Dialogue Continuity [4:10]
11. Color/Lighting [7:19]
12. Reference Works [3:18]
13. Chinese New Wave [4:29]
14. Joan Chen/Sex and Sexuality [5:30]
15. Ric Young/Interrogations [3:01]
16. Process/Lies [8:22]
17. Two Sides of Pu Yi's Nature [1:00]
18. Vittorio Storaro/Life Outside [5:14]
19. Become the Structure/Eastern Jewel [6:47]
20. Re-Creating the Past [8:00]
21. An Ordinary Man [4:09]
22. Nagisa Oshima/The Score [6:02]
23. An Interest in Asia/Ryuichi Sakamoto [9:05]
24. John Lone/Omnipotence [2:48]
25. On China and Japan [7:53]
26. Historical Background [5:04]
27. An Inaccuracy [7:17]
28. The Tragedy of the Governor [3:24]
29. A Useful Life [5:51]
Disc #2 -- The Last Emperor: The Television Version
1. Manchuria, 1950 [6:46]
2. Peking, 1908 [9:12]
3. First Coronation [4:19]
4. Criminal [1:48]
5. The Young Emperor [7:02]
6. Prison [1:57]
7. Pu Chieh [9:25]
8. Reeducation [3:27]
9. A New Republic [8:07]
10. Instructions [4:17]
11. Reginald Johnston [4:57]
12. First Lesson [4:56]
13. Protests [7:13]
14. Grief [9:38]
15. Spectacles [3:46]
16. Two Wives [7:32]
17. Strangers [6:48]
18. Confession [3:03]
19. Reforms [7:45]
20. Expelled [2:14]
21. State Prisoners [3:22]
22. Life Outside [7:56]
23. Secondary Consort [7:19]
24. Tientsin, 1931 [9:28]
25. Manchuria, 1934 [7:46]
26. Second Coronation [6:47]
27. New Quarters [9:26]
28. Manchuria, 1935 [4:43]
29. Puppet [9:48]
30. The Russians [9:41]
31. Freedom [8:08]
32. Peking, 1967 [4:01]
33. Citizen [7:21]
Disc #3 -- The Last Emperor: Supplements - Part 1
1. The Journey Begins [6:03]
2. Provocations [7:21]
3. Ghosts [10:34]
4. Far West to Far East [3:51]
5. From Darkness to Light [8:38]
6. Metamorphoses [9:45]
7. Mystery [6:44]
1. Memories [6:55]
2. "The Birth of Omnipotence" [4:36]
3. The Expulsion of the Eunuchs [2:12]
4. Directing [4:37]
5. Editing [9:08]
6. Recording the Score [12:23]
7. Sakamoto As Amakasu [3:39]
8. First Screening [4:23]
9. Metamorphoses [2:54]
1. A Unique Collaborator [1:53]
2. Preproduction [8:38]
3. Logistics [5:22]
4. Visuals [9:25]
5. The Coronation Scene [8:35]
6. Small Details/Editing [5:48]
7. Recollections [4:44]
Disc #4 -- The Last Emperor: Supplements - Part 2
1. A Brief History [8:47]
2. First Memory [8:03]
3. Walled In [3:59]
4. Protests [9:48]
5. Reginald Johnston [9:03]
6. Becoming a Man [7:07]
7. Puppet Emperor [6:42]
8. Prison [6:58]
9. Freedom [5:25]
1. A Need for Reform [6:21]
2. A Surge of Nationalism [5:45]
3. The Warlord Period [7:28]
4. Japan and Manchuria [8:12]
5. 1937-45 [8:16]
6. 1945-50 [5:41]
7. The Cultural Revolution [2:59]