Bernardo Bertolucci

Known for DirectingBorn 1941-03-16Died 2018-11-26Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Glauber, Claro

Bernardo Bertolucci, le dernier empereur du cinema

Filmstudio, mon amour

Un film et son époque

We Are Cinema

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

Spécial cinéma

Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris

Ennio

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

The True Life of Antonio H.

Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci

The Path of Oil

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

Once Upon a Time in the West

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Health Is Ill

Il canale

1900

The Last Emperor

Portrait Of My Father

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

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Accattone

The Conformist

Filmmakers in Action

La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione

The Dreamers

What Do You Know About Me

Leçon de Cinéma

Salò: Fade to Black

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

The Ditvoorst Domains

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?

Io con te non ci sto più

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

An Opera of Violence

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

The Spider's Stratagem

Before the Revolution

Playboy: The Story of X

L'inchiesta

Besieged

Evviva Giuseppe

Cinque mondi

Stealing Beauty

Last Tango in Paris