Word: tales
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Last Emperor (1987). And, arguably, the last movie epic, for its hero is the prisoner of world events, not the shaper. With sumptuous visual intelligence, director Bernardo Bertolucci created a poignant tale about the last Emperor of China -- the poorest little rich boy in the world...
Wings of Desire (1988). The Berlin Wall -- the one that divides not just East and West, but fantasy and documentary, high art and popular art -- comes crumbling down in Wim Wenders' heartaching fairy tale. See it, concentrate, and be astonished...
Broadway Bound (1986). Jokemeister Neil Simon became a poignant and self- critical artist in a trilogy of which this final installment, the tale of his start in show business, was the darkest, most honest and best. The scene / of Simon dancing in the living room with his mother, encouraging her to recall the one glorious moment of a mostly lousy life, lingers and lingers...