Postcards from China
The Last Emperor • 8m 16s
In 1985, Bernardo Bertolucci went with a crew to China in search of faces, landscapes, and atmosphere for THE LAST EMPEROR. These video postcards, filmed by the director himself, offer a taste of that journey.
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