Oscar-Winning Italian Director Bernardo Bertolucci DEAD @ 77

He was most famous for the films 'Last Tango in Paris,' and 'The Last Emperor'
Known for making movies with a colorful visual style and outspoken political films.

'The Last Emperor' won all nine Oscars during the 60th Annual Academy Awards.  The movie was nominated for: best picture, director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, film editing, costume design, art direction-set decoration, sound and original score.

Polically Bertolucci was a self professed Marxist and had a reputation for making films with political overtones.  The Conformist criticized fascism, among others.  

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