Mark Peploe, Oscar-winning scriptwriter of The Last Emperor, dies aged 82

Screenwriter, whose 1987 collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci won nine Oscars, was also known for The Passenger directed by Michelangelo AntonioniMark Peploe, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who collaborated with some of the greatest names in European film-making including Michelangelo Antonioni and Bernardo Bertolucci, has died aged 82. Peploe’s family told the Guardian he died in Florence, Italy, after a long illness.Peploe’s prominence centred on the screenplays he wrote for some of the great European directors of the era, notably Italian new wave auteurs Antonioni and Bertolucci. Despite its chequered release history, the 1975 film The Passenger, directed by Antonioni and starring Jack Nicholson, has since been acclaimed as one the decade’s cinematic masterpieces, and Peploe went on to forge a regular partnership with Bertolucci, winning an Oscar in 1988 for best adapted screenplay for The Last Emperor. Continue reading...

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