In 1984, the Bernardo Bertolucci-directed US $ 25-million Italian-British co-production of The Last Emperor was the most prominent of the early films on which the Chinese worked with foreign filmmakers. Bertolucci used the tragic history of China's last emperor to crack open the huge, heavy doorway to China and give the world a glimpse inside.
1984 年，這部由義、英兩國出資 2,500 萬美元，義大利貝托魯奇導演的《末代皇帝》，是中外合作初期最具份量的電影作品，貝托魯奇藉著中國最後一個皇帝的悲涼歷史，將中國這道氣勢恢弘又沉重的大門，在全世界觀眾眼前慢慢推開。