In this anthology filmmakers psychoanalysts film scholars and cultural historians use a psychoanalytical approach to examine Bernardo Bertolucci s epic film The Last Emperor (1988). In this anthology filmmakers psychoanalysts film scholars and cultural historians use a psychoanalytic approach to examine Bernardo Bertolucci s epic film The Last Emperor (I988). Evolving out of a conference on Bertolucci s work the essays interweave psychological political and cinematic themes in The Last Emperor as well as in much of Bertolucci s other works. This volume includes a foreword by Bernardo Bertolucci and is organized into four parts or takes including Filmcraft Psychoanalysis Film Scholarship and Cultural History. Although we can never fully know the real Aisingioro Pu Yi Bertolucci used his vision of the intricate relationship between art ideology and the psychic experience to tell the story of one ordinary man s extraordinary life. Bertolucci s The Last Emperor hopes to illuminate this complex and often enigmatic creation as well as renew an excitement about the possibilities of interdisciplinary criticism in film studies.