AVAILABLE IN BOTH FOUR-DVD AND BLU-RAY EDITIONS:

• All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
• All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer of the extended television version (NOTE: not included in the Blu-ray edition)
• Audio commentary featuring director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto
• The Italian Traveler: Bernardo Bertolucci, a 53-minute film by Fernand Moszkowicz tracing the director’s geographic influences, from Parma to China
• Video images taken by Bertolucci while on preproduction in China
• The Chinese Adventure of Bernardo Bertolucci, a 52-minute documentary that revisits the film’s making
• A new, 47-minute documentary featuring Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiani, costume designer James Acheson, and art director Gianni Silvestri
• A 66-minute BBC documentary exploring Bertolucci’s creative process and the making of The Last Emperor
• A 30-minute interview with Bertolucci from 1989
• A new interview with composer David Byrne
• A new interview with Ian Buruma examining the historical period of the film
• Theatrical trailer

• Blu-ray edition includes a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Thomson

• Four-DVD set includes Thomson’s essay, as well as interviews with production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti and actor Ying Ruocheng, a reminiscence by Bertolucci, and an essay and production-diary extracts from Fabien S. Gerard
  
  

ALSO AVAILABLE IN A SINGLE-DISC DVD EDITION, FEATURING THE THEATRICAL VERSION OF THE FILM, AUDIO COMMENTARY, TRAILER, AND THOMSON’S ESSAY, FOR THE CRITERION STORE PRICE OF $23.96!