R.I.P. Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci, right, during the filming of “The Last Emperor” in the Forbidden City of Beijing in 1987. It was one of many of his films that Hollywood warmly embraced.Credit: Neal Ulevich/Associated Press style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 17px;">
Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian filmmaker whose sensual and visually stylistic movies ranged from intense chamber dramas to panoramic historical epics, died on Monday at his home in Rome. He was 77.