The scene where she eats flowers is indeed the most impressive scene ever seen. There is no need to sit down and think about it. The director's ingenious design can best express the depression and confusion of the characters at that time.
Because it was made by Chen Chong, Wanrong has always been a too smart woman, women's intuition and so on, is the kind of person who understands everything by intuition. Actually, no. I have always felt that Wanrong is a fan of the authorities, and has been a vase for a lifetime. She is confused and loved by the emperor, but she has never won his heart. She has always been so innocent. Maybe the emperor with complicated mind sometimes treats her as a gadget, but she is not well-behaved, and she is a bit silly and stubborn.
The Wanrong of "The Last Emperor" is really too modern. It's not just about looks, it's about thinking. If it were as modern as in the movie, Wanrong's life might not be so tragic. It seems that in order to cater to Puyi who was influenced by Johnston and wanted to find a modern woman - the two people in the movie are very affectionate. How could Wanrong have made such progress, she always followed step by step, cautious, husband and wife, Wenxiu dared to divorce, Wanrong never dared. The Wanrong I saw in the old photos always stood cautiously half a step behind the emperor. The beautiful Wanrong of everyone never dared to go beyond the rules.
Puyi's beloved concubine during the Manchurian period was Tan Yuling. On the back of the photo of Tan he carried with him, Puyi wrote the words "My dearest Yuling". This is the only woman in his heart. Wanrong fell out of favor, and her later madness was not unrelated to her emotional desolation. In the movie, Puyi's responsibility was shied away.
We see how much Bertolucci loves his protagonist, the Emperor. There are three scenes that move people. The mother swallowed opium and died. In front of the crowd, Pu Yi was very disdainful, but he rode his car to visit the palace. Only when he rode in the empty long alley of the Forbidden City did he dare to shed tears. But he couldn't go out, and in anger he fell to his death on the gate of the Dahong Palace. What kind of mourning is this. Grief can only be suppressed, so unfree.
Farewell to Johnston. The two men in the limousine at the station shook hands like a gentleman and said goodbye without making a sound. Johnston, who was walking towards the train carriage, followed behind a group of Chinese court bands with big braids who played and sang "Friendship Is Lasting" with Chinese musical instruments. In the Chinese-style babbling performance, sadness also arises spontaneously. The surging of the heart flowed out. This is how the emperor tactfully expressed his feelings.
In the end, before fleeing, seeing Wanrong going crazy and not even knowing him anymore, Puyi was always worried, seeing her like this, there was no other way, only two lines of tears.
Always been a very depressed person. These three places especially reflect Puyi's affection and emotion. There is less reflection and more sympathy. Just like Chen Chong said that the director loves actors very much, and he also loves his protagonist very much. In fact, Puyi is a very complex character. But the man in the movie is a little too idealistic. Dedicated to restoring his ancestral business, he seems to have great ambitions, but he is helpless, but his personal reflection is not enough.
This work is very serious, and it is really admirable that a foreigner shoots with a Chinese flavor. At the beginning, the Empress Dowager Cixi was somewhat demonized and terrifying. It is said that Cixi was usually an amiable old lady, and she was in a high position without any pretence. It is also conceivable.
The interspersed script is like the interweaving of reality and fantasy, and the transformation of life is impermanent. This structure is appropriate. Like a big dream. The cricket on the day of the enthronement is still there, which is far more real than in life. I like this approach.
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