Bernardo Bertolucci

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Age

Movies

Born: March 16, 1941 – November 26, 2018
From: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

Biography

Bernardo Bertolucci (/ˌbɜːrtəˈluːtʃi/ BUR-tə-LOO-chee; Italian: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. With The Last Emperor (1987) he became the first Italian filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director, and he received many other accolades including a BAFTA Award, a César Award, two Golden Globes, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and an Honorary Palme d'Or. A protégé of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertolucci made his directorial debut at 22. His second film, Before the Revolution (1964), earned strong international reviews and has since gained classic status, being called a "masterpiece of Italian cinema" by Film4. His 1970 film The Conformist, an adaptation of the Alberto Moravia novel, is considered a classic of international cinema, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the prestigious Berlin Golden Bear. His 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris was controversial due to its rape scene and, later, comments made by actress Maria Schneider about her treatment on set. Bertolucci's later films such as the historical epic 1900 (1976), the family drama La Luna (1979), and the darkly comedic Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), were also controversial but acclaimed. His 1987 film The Last Emperor, a biopic of Chinese monarch Puyi, was a critical and commercial success, earning rave reviews and sweeping the 60th Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director). This was the start of what has since been described as his "Oriental Trilogy", a trio of films including The Sheltering Sky, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, and Little Buddha, a Buddhist religious epic, all three of which feature scores by Ryuichi Sakamoto. His 1996 film, Stealing Beauty, brought him his second of two Palme d'Or nominations. He continued directing well into the 21st century, releasing his final film, Me and You, in 2012. Bertolucci's films often deal with themes of politics, sexuality, history, class conflict and social taboos, and his style has influenced several filmmakers. Several of his films have appeared on lists of the greatest films of all time. Critics have remarked that what makes Bertolucci different than other directors is his masterful combination of "visual richness and visual freedom". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernardo Bertolucci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

76 films

Filmmakers in Action

20067.2

Ennio

20228.3

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

20135.0

Cinque mondi

20166.5

ABCinema

19756.0

Plankton Salesmen

2017

Seduced and Abandoned

20136.2

… But Film Is My Mistress

20106.3

Bertolucci par Bertolucci : Leçon de cinéma

2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

20135.1

Kurosawa's Way

20115.8

Refuge

2006

Playboy: The Story of X

19986.8

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

19996.2

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

19767.0

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

20175.2

Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema

2006

Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story

20026.0

In the Shade of the Conformist

20116.0

Henri Langlois vu par...

20144.0

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

20147.2

Filmstudio, mon amour

201510.0

Cesare Zavattini

2003

Grandmother's Footsteps

2023

We Are Cinema

20219.5

Something to Do with Death

20036.3

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

20056.7

Glauber, Claro

202010.0

Joie de Vivre

2026

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

19925.0

Pictures of Europe

1990

Bernardo Bertolucci, le dernier empereur du cinema

201710.0

Bertolucci on Bertolucci

20135.7

Marco Melani: The Man with the Golden Eye

2021

Filmers buiten het gareel

1969

Porn to Be Free

20165.6

Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema

2014

What Do You Know About Me

20097.0

Empire of the Censors

19955.3

Journey Through History

1977

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’

20047.3

Opera Prima

2021

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

20046.8

The True Life of Antonio H.

19948.3

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

19926.3

Portrait Of My Father

20107.3

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

19938.5

An Opera of Violence

20036.8

The Ditvoorst Domains

19927.0

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

20219.2

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die

19815.5

Chaplin Today: Limelight

20035.3

Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci

20198.0

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'

1988

Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti

20162.0

La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione

20257.0

Evviva Giuseppe

20176.5

Great Directors

20096.1

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

19977.0

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism

2013

Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure

1986

Bernardo Bertolucci: The Italian Traveler

1987

Laura's Passion

2011

Salò: Fade to Black

20017.0

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

2004

Pasolini, la passion de Rome

2014

Kiarostami in Close up

2000

Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life

2018

Face to Face: Bernardo Bertolucci

1989

Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare

2013

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo

20217.0

Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris

20048.5

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?

20026.9

Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e Te

2012

Rubando Bellezza

2015

Casarola

2014