1987 - The Last Emperor
Yes, I'm still alive. Obviously, I've had a lot going on these last few months. The play I mentioned in my last post (over four months ago - yikes!) has come and gone. The Club was our theatre company's final show in New York City (read about it here ) before Kat, Charlie and I packed up and moved out west to Los Angeles. It's been a couple of months already so we're settled in now and are not even remotely missing the New York weather. I figured I should try to squeeze one more review in before the end of the year, so yesterday I watched the film that would take the top prize in the 1987 Best Picture competition... The Last Emperor Director : Bernardo Bertolucci Screenplay : Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci (based on Henry Pu-yi's autobiography "From Emperor to Citizen") Starring : John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivien Wu Academy Awards : 9 ...