The Cantonese language track is remixed into 5.1 and is a pleasant listen. Most of the movie is dialogue driven and only a few times it gets mildly distorted. The explosions and gunfire towards the end seem a bit too loud but nicely integrated into this mix. A Mandarin 5.1 dub is also included.

The English subtitles are very good thankfully since this film relies much on dialogue. The odd error in the forms of letters that aren't supposed to be there pop up and at times, the same subtitles line repeats itself (an error on the first few batches from Celestial/IVL). Other subtitle options are Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese.

Being part of the first batch, Love In A Fallen City has a number of extras (the supplements was not as generous as the releases went on), starting with the feature length audio commentary with Stefan Hammond (author of Sex & Zen and A Bullet In The Head and Hollywood East) and actress Almen Wong (Till Death Do Us Part, Her Name Is Cat). On the plus side, first half has a decent amount of discussion regarding aspects such as cinematography and the cast & crew's careers. Brief history is given about Shanghai plus some of the actual locations used in the film The problem with Hammond in particular is that he seems to start going in-depth on a particular subject but never does and Almen is basically there to provide some basic insights as a viewer. The second half of the track almost stops dead completely and while the two do not necessarily begin narrating the film, discussing what goes on it in general is not an excuse either. Fairly informative although most of what you hear will be known to you or found on other parts of the dvd. Note that the commentary starts about 35 seconds into the film but the participants actually started at the top, making the commentary out of sync. This isn't much of a problem since they aren't completely screen specific all the time but needed to be mentioned.

Moving on, we have three newly filmed English language interviews (in anamorphic widescreen) with the director of the film, Ann Hui, actress/model Maggie Q and Hong Kong cinema expert Paul Foronoff. Ann Hui talks about growing up reading kung-fu novels, the directors she admired growing up (martial arts ones actually including Chang Cheh and King Hu) and favourite movies of hers (again in the martial arts genre). Subsequently she touches upon topics such as the new wave of directors that she belonged to and her attitude towards the portrayal of women in Hong Kong cinema. Sadly, Love In A Fallen City is never discussed once but at 8 minutes and 39 seconds, this segment is a decent watch.

Maggie Q on the other hand, despite having nothing to do with it, discusses Love In A Fallen City more specifically. We're not talking scholar like insights but at least she did have something to say about cinematography, wardrobe, acting etc. Clearly, Celestial are aiming at a larger market by having people like Maggie Q do interviews for this dvd and other titles have featured actors/actresses with no connection to the movies at hand either. Mostly they're there to plug themselves but thankfully this 8 minute, 6 second interview never goes down that road.

Paul Foronoff talks about Eileen Chang and the fact she worked as a screenwriter on Chinese comedies as opposed to her novel work which was more serious. He also discusses that people in the industry thinks the Eileen Chang way of writing doesn't always gets transferred well to the screen (other novels of hers have turned into films, including Eighteen Springs, also directed by Ann Hui) and the set design of Love In A Fallen City, an aspect many remembers. A few nice insights but the 4 minute running time doesn't get in depth obviously.

Behind The Scenes is a picture gallery (18 screens but some contain more than one image) with helpful captions to illustrate what and who we're watching. Nice to have actual behind the scenes photos and not just publicity shots or lobby cards.

New releases has newly created trailers (with Cantonese and Mandarin audio available but no English subtitles) for the following Celstial/IVL releases: The Kingdom And The Beauty, The Tea House, Killer Clans and The Price Of Love. The Trailers section has the new trailer for Love In A Fallen City and, to my delight, the original, horrible looking, cinema trailer. Celestial may not have worked with a print this bad but nonetheless, after watching the original trailer, you can't help but to admire the final result seen in the feature.

Music Video is for a song played in the film and set to clips from the film. Change the soundtrack (or choose in the menu) and you get a karaoke version of the track. Chinese Lyrics are imbedded on the clip.

The Movie Information section has 10 Colour Stills from the film, the original poster (also seen on the back cover of the dvd in smaller size), production notes that are actually the plot synopsis and biographies/filmographies for Chow Yun-Fat, Cora Miao, Ann Hui and Eileen Chang. The bio's for Hui and Chang go fairly in depth but overall they are informative.