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Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian · b. March 16, 1941 – d. November 26, 2018

Bernardo Bertolucci ( 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

Thematic context drawn from Senses of Cinema. Read the full critical essay →

After seeing films like Godard's Breathless or Truffaut's The 400 Blows, I wanted to become a filmmaker. The Dreamers is really a film about how cinema changed my life, how it opened up possibilities.

On The Dreamers  ·  Criterion Collection - Interview with Peter Cowie ('The Revolution of '68 and The Dreamers')