Cinema Cemetery Episode 60: The Last Emperor (1987)

“The Emperor has been a prisoner in his own palace since the day that he was crowned, and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated. But now he's growing up, he may wonder why he's the only person in China who may not walk out of his own front door. I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on Earth.”  1987’s The Last Emperor tells the tale of Pu Yi, the eponymous last emperor of China.  Following his childhood, abdication, and eventual alignment with Imperial Japan to regain his power, the movie reveals some never-before-seen locations from China’s Forbidden City and a narrative as Shakespearean as it is historical.  Does the Last Emperor continue the trend of solid epics, or does it fade into history with the rest? Find out…today!

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