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Bernardo Bertolucci ยป Bernardo Bertolucci works with Richard Vuu, who plays the young Pu Yi in The Last Emperor. I N M E M O R I A M 100 DGA QUARTERLY Bernardo Bertolucci, who died Nov. 26, emerged as one of the most celebrated European fi lmmakers of the '70s. That decade marked the release of Bertolucci's The Spider's Strategem, The Conformist, the epic 1900 and his most controversial and polarizing fi lm, Last Tango in Paris. But the movie that won the Italian director the most praise on this side of the Atlantic was The Last Emperor (1987), for which Bertolucci won the DGA Award and all nine Oscars for which it was nominated, including best director. For the fi lm, Bertolucci was granted access by the Chinese government to fi lm in the Forbidden City in Beijing, where he staged the coronation of the young Pu Yi. Regarding the infant actor in these scenes, Bertolucci recalled: "It's quite important that they are very comfortable with the camera because nobody knows what the baby can give you." PHOTO: EVERETT