The Last Emperor

There are two people who will see this movie: those who are genuinely interested in circa World War II China history, and those who want to see what made this movie so good it won 9 Oscars. I fall very much into the latter category, and I pity CSM because they apparently watched a four hour version. I got the nearly three hour version, and was struggling against sleep. Its overlong and tedious portrayals of the Chinese culture were informative but unnecessary to the plot, and Bertolucci could have trimmed a lot of fat off this one.

I honestly think this should be rated R. There is a brief shot of a kid naked, front side. There is also a shot of a wet-nurse, and she isn't exactly covered, Historically, it's a good movie, though.